Identifying Figurative Language- Easy
There was a tremendously loud CRASH! It was outside my window on the street.
What is an Onomatopoeia
Comparing without using like or as.
What is a Metaphor?
There are 6 types of Figurative Language
What is False?
The leaves rustled and the shutters rattled.
What is an Onomatopoeia?
Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed,
Gaunt cypress-trees stand round
What is a Simile?
I felt like my sister was a million miles away when she left for college
What is Hyperbole?
Exaggeration
What is a Hyperbole?
This is Alliteration: The cat sat on the mat.
What is False
The lake water moved sad and chilly.
What is Personification?
The stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears.
What is Personification?
The sun was a glowing ball of fire in the sky
What is a metaphor?
Giving human traits to non-living things
What is Personification?
This is a metaphor: It is raining cats and dogs
What is false?
He would write, but his hours are as busy
As bees in the sun!
What is a simile?
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.
What is a Metaphor?
The warm smile of the sun made me happy that summer was finally here
What is Personification?
Same beginning sounds used in one sentence
What is Alliteration?
Seeing eye to eye is an example of a idiom.
What is true?
A small drop of ink fell like dew.
What is a simile?
The leaves are little yellow fish
swimming in the river.
What is a Metaphor?
The class was cracking up at his jokes.
What is an Idiom?
An expression that is not literal.
Idiom
What is True
The ball is in your court.
What is a Idiom?
My words are little jars for you to take and put upon a shelf.
What is a Personification?