Name It!
"like" or "as"
What is a simile?
That was the hardest test in the world!
What is a hyperbole?
I am a repeated beginning sound within a sentence
What is an alliteration?
She is as cute as a button
What is a simile?
I have a million things to do today!
I have a lot of things that I have to get done today
Hyperbole
Human characteristics
What is personification?
Zing! Zang! Zap!
What is an onomatopoeia?
I am an extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
She cried a river
What is a hyperbole?
We are all in the same boat
We all have the same problem
Idiom
Quite different from their individual, literal meaning
What is an idiom?
Sally sold seashells by the seashore
What is an alliteration?
I compare 2 things without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
Button your lips!
What is an idiom?
Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks
She was crying a lot
Metaphor
Saying one things is another
What is a metaphor?
The little dog laughed to see such a sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon.
What is personification?
I compare 2 things using like or as
What is a simile?
What is a metaphor?
Time flies when you are having fun
You lose track of time when you are having fun
Personification
Extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
I am hung up on this problem
What is an idiom?
I give human characteristics to objects or things
What is personification?
That piece of cake is calling my name!
What is personification?
He is as sharp as a tack
He is very smart
Simile