Figurative Language

Metaphor or Simile

100

Is this a metephor or a simile

He was as quick as a ninja.

                                  

                                  Simile

200

Is this a metaphor or a simile?

           I was shaken with fear.

       

                                  Metaphor

300

Is this a metaphor or a simile?

   The oven was as hot as a flame.

 

                             Metaphor

400

Is this a metaphor or a simile?

The runners are fast like cheetahs.

                               Simile

500

Is this a metaphor or a simile?

The cameras in the stadium are like stars shining in the night sky.

  

                                  Metaphor

personification or Hyperbole

100

Is this personification or a hyperbole?

The trees danced in the wind.

                                    Personification

200

Is this personification or a hyperbole?

I'm dying of thirst.

                                   

                                Hyperbole

300

Is this personification or a hyperbole?

This homework has like 1 million pages.

                                    Hyperbole

400

Is this personification or a hyperbole?

"The skyscraper was so tall that it seemed to kiss the sky."

                                       

                                    personification

500

Is this Personification or a Hyperbole?

"His car suffered a severe stroke in the middle of the road, and refused to move forward."

 

                                    Personification

onomatopoeia or alliteration

100

Is this onomatopoeia or alliteration?

A loud thump could be heard through the house as the books fell on the floor.

                               Onomatopoeia

200

Is this onomatopoeia or alliteration?

"A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies."

                       Alliteration

300

 Is this onomatopoeia or alliteration?

"I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw."

                               Alliteration

400

Is this onomatopoeia or alliteration?

Greedy goats gobbled up gooseberries, getting good at grabbing the goodies

 

                            Alliteration

500

 Is this onomatopoeia or alliteration?

"The sack fell into the river with a splash"

                                     Onomatopoeia

5 senses

100

Which one of the 5 sences is in the sentence?

As he walked into the kitchen he smelled the cookies in the oven.

  

                          Smell

200

Which one of the 5 sences is in the sentence?

As she was trying to grab the cake she burnt her hand in the oven.

 

                                      Touch

300

Which one of the 5 sences is in the sentence?

When he got to the stadium the scrwaming fans were loud.

 

                                       sound

400

Which one of the 5 sences is in the sentence?

when he ate the pepper the spiciness hit him like a sack of potatoes.

                                          taste

500

Which one of the 5 sences is in the sentence?

when she was walking in the forest she could see two red eyes glowing in the distance.

 

                                       sight