Identify
"Her pillows were clouds"
What Language is this?
What is a Metaphor
Definition for Simile
What is a comparison between 2 unlike things using like or as
"She cried a river"
What language is this and what is the meaning?
What is a Hyperbole and it means that she cried a lot
An extreme exaggeration
What is a Hyperbole
"How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood"
What is this an example of?
What is Alliteration
"I went to the bathroom and peed a river"
Which Language is this?
What is a Hyperbole.
Definition for Alliteration
What is the repetition of the same beginning sounds
"You look like a million dollars"
What language is this and what is the meaning?
What is an Idiom and it means a person looks rich or looks very good
Normally uses was, were, are, or is in the phrase
What is a Metaphor
Opposite words right next to each other
What is an Oxymoron
"It's raining cats or dogs"
What Language is this?
What is an Idiom
Definition for Idiom
What is a phrase that does not mean exactly what it says
"She was as wide as a hippo"
What language is this and what is the meaning?
What is a simile and it means that her body is wide
"Alex was as tall as a giraffe"
What 2 things is this phrase is comparing?
What is Alex's height and a giraffes height?
"The light was as bright as the sun"
What 2 things is this phrase comparing?
What is the brightness of a light and the sun
"A ruby is as red as an apple"
What Language is this?
What is a Simile
Definition for Metaphor
What is a comparison between 2 unlike things not using like or as
"The leaves danced to the floor"
What language is this and what does it mean?
What is Personification and it means that the leaves fell to the floor
What figurative languange normally always includes verb?
What is Personification
Giving inanimate objects human characteristics
What is Personification
"Civil War"
What Language is this?
What is an Oxymoron?
Definition for Onomatopoeia
What is words that imitate sounds
"Her eyes locked with mine"
What language is this and what does it mean?
What is an Idiom and it means that they were looking at each other
What Languages don't mean exactly what they say?
What is a Hyperbole, Simile, Metaphor, Oxymoron, Idiom, and Personification
What 2 languages are often confused with each other?
What is Hyperbole and Idiom