Definitions #1
Uses the words "like" or "as" to compare one person, object, or idea with another to suggest they are alike.
What is a simile?
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or object.
What is personification?
What is onomatopoeia?
He is so lazy; he's such a couch potato.
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor ____ things without using like or as.
What is "compares"?
Without using "like" or "as," makes a direct comparison between two objects, people, or ideas by stating a fact or drawing a verbal picture.
What is a metaphor?
The use of a word to describe or mimic a sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
The hardworking girl is as busy as a bee.
What is a simile?
The tree branches dance in the wind.
What is personification?
Hyperbole uses extreme ____ to make a point.
What is "exaggeration"?
An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true.
What is a hyperbole?
The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words.
The big brown bear sits on a big boulder eating blackberries.
What is alliteration?
I think Becky has the flu. She's really been feeling under the weather.
What is an idiom?
Alliteration ____ the same beginning sounds in a series of words.
What is "repeats"?
What is an idiom?
I'm so tired, I could sleep for days.
What is a hyperbole?
A simile compares things using ____ or ____
What is "like" and "as"?
Personification gives human characteristics to ____ or ____.
What is "animals" and "objects"?