Similes & Metaphors
A smilie compares two things using these words
What are "like" or "as"
"It’s raining cats and dogs." What does this mean?
What is "It’s raining heavily" ?
What is personification?
What is "Giving human qualities to non-human things"?
What is hyperbole?
What is "Extreme exaggeration"?
"The snow is a white blanket covering the ground." What type of figurative language is this?
What is a metaphor?
" She is as busy as a bee." Is this a simile or metaphor?
What is a simile
"Spill the beans" means to do this.
What is "Reveal a secret"?
"The trees whispered in the wind." What is being personified?
What are the trees?
"I have a ton of homework." What does this mean?
What is "I have a lot of homework"?
"The baby was like an octopus, grabbing everything in sight." What type of figurative language is this?
What is a simile?
" His heart was a rock." Simile or Metaphor?
What is a metaphor.
"Don’t cry over spilled milk" means to do this.
What is "Don’t be upset about something that can’t be changed"
"The alarm clock screamed at me this morning." What does this mean?
What is "The alarm clock was loud"?
"I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!" Is this literal or figurative?
What is figurative?
I told you a thousand times to clean your room!" What type of figurative language is this?
What is hyperbole?
" The clouds were cotton candy in the sky." Simile or metaphor?
What is a metaphor
"Break a leg!" Is this literal or figurative?
What is figurative?
"The sun smiled down on us." What is being personified?
What is the sun?
"That book took me a million years to read." What is exaggerated?
What is "how long it took to read the book"?
"She had a heart of stone." What type of figurative language is this?
What is a metaphor?
Rephrase the sentence as a simile: " The car was a rocket on the highway."
What is "The car was as fast as a rocket on the highway"?
"The ball is in your court" means…
What is "It’s your turn to make a decision"?
Create a sentence using personification.
Open - ended
Create a sentence using hyperbole.
Open-ended
Name one figurative language type that compares two things.
What is a simile or metaphor?