Metaphor
What does the following mean:
Ms. Espinoza is the Grinch without coffee!
What is: Ms. Espinoza is mean without any coffee!
What does the following mean:
Ms. Espinoza is like the Grinch without any coffee.
What is: Ms. Espinoza is in a bad mood without any coffee.
What does the following mean:
Ms. Espinoza is such a Grinch.
Ms. Espinoza is always in a bad mood.
The fireworks danced across the sky.
What is: There was a lot of fireworks.
What type of figurative language is this:
"Cross the room your silhouette
Starts to make its way to me"- T. Swift
What is imagery?
Laughter is medicine.
What is: Laughter makes you feel better.
"Life is like a box of chocolates, you'll never know what you're going to get"- Forrest Gump
What is: Life is full of surprises.
My feet are killing me.
What is: My feet hurt.
The wind howled in the night.
What is: The wind blew all night.
"My thoughts will echo your name"- T. Swift
What is hyperbole?
Traffic was a beast today!
What is: There was a lot of traffic!
She is sweet like candy.
What is: She is sweet.
I'm so hungry I can eat a whole cow.
What is: I am really hungry, I can eat a lot.
What is: Lupita wanted to eat the last slice of pie.
"Walls of insincerity"- T. Swift
What is metaphor?
"I got this icebox where my heart used to be"- Omarion
What is: His feelings/heart are cold.
"Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street"- T. Swift
What is: Being in a new relationship that has no future.
Cry me a river.
What is: To cry a lot.
The sun smiled down on us.
What is: The sun was bright.
"He got my heartbeat skipping down 16th Avenue."- T. Swift
What is personification?
"It’s okay, life is a tough crowd"-T. Swift
What is: Life is hard.
"You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me"
What is: The words being used are intended to hurt.
What is: having repeated something more than once.
The scarf gave me happy vibes.
What is: The scarf made me happy.
"I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here"- T. Swift
What is metaphor?