Similes and Metaphors
Comparison of two unlike things using like or as
What is the figurative language?
What is a simile
I`ve told you to clean your room a million times!
Name the figurative language
what is a hyperbole
Name the figurative language
The clouds are marshmallows
what is a metaphor
What does the figurative language mean?
My pet sheep is a cotton ball
What is That the sheep is fluffy
Name the figurative language
Alliteration
Name the figurative language
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness
What is a metaphor
Name the figurative language
"Love is smoke made with the fume of SIGHS"
Onomatopoeia
Name the figurative language:
The flame danced in the light.
what is a personification
What does the figurative language mean?
this metaphor conveys the pattern and repetition of sunrise and sunset.
Name the figurative language:
The brightness of Juliet's cheek would shame those stars.
what is hyperbole
Name the figurative language
"The saintly soul of Elizabeth shone like a shrine-dedicated lamp in our peaceful home."
what is a simile
Name the figurative language
“She was the black sheep of the family.”
What is a metaphor
Name the figurative language
A deafening silence came across the room.
what is an oxymoron
I feel the stench of failure coming on.
What does the figurative language mean?
One of life's disappointments is on the way
Name the figurative language
a literary device that refers to the use of figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader.
what is imagery
Name the figurative language
"Harmony was the soul of our companionship."
What is a metaphor
Name the figurative language
is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly. .
What is an allusion
Put away your paints and practice the piano
Name the figurative language
what is alliteration
What does the figurative language mean?
Riley is going to hit the hay
Riley is going to bed
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Is there an Einstein in your physics class?
Allusion/
True or False
A simile only needs to use like or as?
what is No!
Name the figurative language:
A pilot has a fear of heights.
what is irony
Name the figurative language:
This game is so easy, it's a piece of cake!
what is an idiom
"Parting is such sweet sorrow."
Romeo and Juliet
It hurts her to leave Romeo.
Name the figurative language:
Love is a jewel:
Hint: it is not a comparison
What is symbolism?