Definition
Compares two things using “like” or “as”.
What is a Simile?
It's raining cats and dogs.
What is it's raining really hard?
The computer in the classroom was an old dinosaur.
What is a metaphor?
Same letter or sound that occurs at the beginning of words.
What is Alliteration?
Comparing two different things.
What is a Metaphor?
Piece of cake.
What is something that is easy?
My backpack weighs a ton!
What is a Hyperbole?
True or False: Figurative Language is used in different countries.
True.
Giving human qualities to a non-human item.
What is Personification?
Muhammad Ali that he used to describe his fighting style as: “Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee."
What is this an example of and what does this mean?
What is a simile that means you are quick and smooth, but you are also tough?
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
What is Alliteration?
A sound that is written out as a word.
What is Onomatopoeia?
A saying exaggerated beyond belief to make a point.
What is a Hyperbole?
The author states:
"Her hair was as soft as a spider web."
What does the author mean?
This is a simile and is saying that her hair is very soft like silk.
Ring Ring Ring. The telephone rang.
What is Onomatopoeia?
Words or phrases that are used, to add creativity in a non-literal way.
A saying that has a different meaning than what it literally says.
What is an Idiom?
Why is the following an example of personification?
Lightning danced across the sky.
Human qualities to a non-living thing.
State Farm: “Like A Good Neighbor, State Farm is There”
What is a simile?
What is literature or entertainment?