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Figurative Language Definitions
Figurative Language Examples
Figurative Language Examples
Figurative Language Meanings
Create a figurative language example
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The comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"

Simile?

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You are the sun, moon, and stars to me.
metaphor
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The curtains in the window are waving hello to us.
personification
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 My house is a prison. What does this mean?

I can't go outside my house.
100

Give me an example of a simile.

Varied answer
200

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Alliteration?

200

Without makeup on, her looks can turn you to stone.

Allusion

200

The car was a jet on the road.

metaphor

200

My hair would not cooperate this morning. What does this mean?

I cannot fix my hair.
200

Give me an example of alliteration.

Varied answers

300

What is a comparison without the use of "like" or "as"

metaphor

300

He is a library of information about athletes.

metaphor

300
Her eyes twinkled like stars.
simile
300

She walked in the room like a supermodel on a catwalk.

She walked proudly.

300

Give me an example of personification.

Varied Answers

400

An exaggerated statement for emphasis or comical expression

hyperbole

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a comparison of two different things using "like" or "as"
simile
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Karen carefully caught the kite.

Alliteration

400

Her smile was like a vitamin for his heart.

Seeing her smile made him feel better.
400

Give me an example of onomatopoeia.

Varied answers

500

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

personification

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He was no Einstein.

Allusion

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My sore feet were begging me to take a break.
personification
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Their friendship is a rollercoaster ride.

They have a good and bad relationship.

500

Give me an example of a hyperbole.

Varied answers

600

Using words that appeal to the five senses

Imagery/ Sensory Language

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How the reader feels when they read

mood

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Suddenly Susan was standing on the other side of the street.

alliteration

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I rather take a bath with a man-eating shark than do my homework.

I don't want to do my homework.

600

Give me an example of a rhyme.


Varied answers

700

A reference to something that the author expects you to know

allusion

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If I can't get a Smartphone, I will die.


Hyperbole
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He pleaded for her forgiveness, but Janet’s heart was ice.


metaphor

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Be careful, it's a jungle out there.

There are a lot of things that are going wrong.
700

Give me an example of a metaphor.

Varied answers

800

Words that imitate sounds

Onomatopeia

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The waves went CRASH against the rocks.

Onomatopoeia

800

These high heels are killing me.

Hyperbole

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My mother is going to kill me.

I am in big trouble. My mother will be very mad at me.

800

Give me an example of an allusion.

Varied Answers
900

Using the same ending sounds in words

Rhyme

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How the author feels toward the topic or audience of his writing

tone

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The wind whooshed through the trees.

Onomatopoeia

900

He dances like Frankenstein.

He is not a good dancer. He is very stiff.
900

Give me an example of repetition.

Varied Answers