Figurative Language
What is the definition of figurative language?
A. when you say what you mean
B. when you figure out a problem
C. when you use descriptive language to say something
C. when you use descriptive language to say something
Is this a simile, metaphor, or personification?
The student is as busy as a bee.
The student is as busy as a bee.
SIMILIE
Come up with a simile about a soft cat.
Example:
The cat was as soft as a blanket.
Is this a simile, metaphor, or personification?
I am feeling like a lazy sloth today.
I am feeling like a lazy sloth today.
SIMILE
What is the definition of literal language?
A. when you say what you mean
B. when you figure out a problem
C. when you use descriptive language to say something
A. when you say what you mean
Is this a simile, metaphor, or personification?
My cell phone woke up when the text message came in.
My cell phone woke up when the text message came in.
PERSONIFICATION
Come up with a metaphor about a mean person.
Example:
He is a mean old ogre.
Is this a simile, metaphor, or personification?
The blizzard swallowed the town with all the snow.
The blizzard swallowed the town with all the snow.
PERSONIFICATION
What is a simile?
A. a comparison using like or as
B. a comparison saying something is/was something else
C. giving human qualities to non-human things
A. a comparison using like or as
Is this a simile, metaphor, or personification?
The bumble bee danced around my head before flying away.
The bumble bee danced around my head before flying away.
PERSONIFICATION
Example:
The marker skated across the paper.
Is this a simile, metaphor, or personification?
He is a knight in shining armor.
He is a knight in shining armor.
METAPHOR
What is a metaphor?
A. a comparison using like or as
B. a comparison saying something is/was something else
C. giving human qualities to non-human things
B. a comparison saying something is/was something else
Is this a simile, metaphor, or personification?
He is a strong ox.
He is a strong ox.
METAPHOR
Come up with a simile about hot food.
Example:
The food was as hot as lava.
Is this a simile, metaphor, or personification?
The basketball dove into the net.
The basketball dove into the net.
PERSONIFICATION
What is personification?
A. a comparison using like or as
B. a comparison saying something is/was something else
C. giving human qualities to non-human things
C. giving human qualities to non-human things
Is this a simile, metaphor, or personification?
She is the apple of my eye.
She is the apple of my eye.
METAPHOR
Example:
That teacher is an angry dragon.
Is this a simile, metaphor, or personification?
Sammy was as cool as a cucumber when she took her test.
Sammy was as cool as a cucumber when she took her test.
SIMILE