Idioms
Michelle was under the weather. She had a runny nose and a cough. What does the idiom "under the weather" mean?
Not feeling well/sick
What type of figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare one thing to another?
Simile
The moon loomed large like a giant pearl in the velvety sky.
What type of figurative language is in the sentence above? What does it mean?
Simile
It means the moon was bright and full.
Hold fast to dreams/for if dreams die/life is a broken-winged bird/that cannot fly
What type of figurative language is being used? What is being implied about dreams?
Metaphor
If you do not follow your goals dreams, your hopes for the future will never happen
Death robbed her of her chance of happiness
What type of figurative language is used? How do you know?
Personification
She died before she could ever become happy
Janine had to read for 20 minutes on Monday night and her little brother wanted someone to read him a story. Janine decided to kill two birds with one stone. What does the idiom "kill two birds with one stone" mean?
Accomplish two things at once
What type of figurative language compares two dissimilar things by stating that one thing is another?
Metaphor
The gentle rain shower is like a soothing lullaby, whispering secrets to the earth.
What type of figurative language is being used? What is being compared?
A simile
Comparing how quiet and peaceful the sound of the rain is to the listener.
Well, son, I'll tell you/Life for me ain't been no crystal stair/It's had tacks in it/and splinters
What type of figurative language is being used? What is the author saying about their life?
Metaphor
They had a difficult life with obstacles and hard times
Green grass grew on the granite ground.
What type of figurative language is being used? How do you know?
Alliteration
Gr sound over and over again
When Marcus continued to whine to his mom about life being unfair, his mom said to "let sleeping dogs lie". What does the idiom "let sleeping dogs lie" mean?
Stop discussing something over and over again.
Which figurative language uses words to imitate the sounds an object makes?
Onomatopoeia
The daggers of heat pierced through his black shirt.
What type of figurative language is being used? What are the daggers of heat?
Metaphor
The sun's rays
Autumn/The maple tree wears a grayer scarf/the field a scarlet gown
What type of figurative language is being used? What does it mean?
Personification
The trees leaves are becoming duller and changing colors when fall comes
What type of figurative language is being used? How do you know?
Simile
There are things everywhere and the room is a mess
The respect that the students gave to their teacher was worth its weight in gold. What does the idiom "worth its weight in gold" mean?
to be highly important or valuable
Which type of figurative language gives human characteristics to something nonhuman?
Personification
What type of figurative language is being used? What does it mean?
Personification
The clouds were covering the sun/The sun was going behind the clouds
You may write me down in history/with your bitter and twisted lies/you may trod me in the very dirt/but still, like dust, I'll rise.
What type of figurative language is being used? What does it mean?
Simile
She is saying that no matter how people treat her, she will keep working hard and never give up
The rich soil embraces the roots of the plant
What type of figurative language is being used? How do you know?
Personification
Embrace means to wrap your arms around and plants do not have arms. The ground is growing around the roots
Marissa is a great travel agent. She can plan a whole vacation at the drop of a hat. What does the idiom "at the drop of a hat" mean?
To do something unplanned very quickly
Which figurative language uses the same letter sound repetitively at the beginning of closely connected words?
Alliteration
Clickety clack, clickety clack, went the hooves of the stallion.
What type of figurative language is being used?
Onomatopoeia
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams/his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream/his wings are clipped and his feet are tied/as he opens his throat to sing
What type of figurative language is used? What it mean?
Metaphor
If someone is not given freedom to live their live, they will not be able to go for their hopes and dreams
"Hope" is the thing with feathers
What type of figurative language is being used? What is hope being compared to?
Simile
A bird