Definitions 1
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
Name the figurative language: The stars danced in the night.
What is personification?
Identify the figurative language "Broken, my heart is."
What is anastrophe?
Name the figurative language: A bright sun peeking through a cloudy sky
Imagery
Name the type of figurative language that has this definition.
The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound made by an object or action.
Onomatopoeia
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.
What is Alliteration?
Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children.
Alliteration
Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us.
Personification
Name the figurative language: "You brought me peace during the storm." (spoken by one character to another in a long speech)
Monologue
Name the type of figurative language that has this definition.
A brief indirect reference to a person, place or thing. Example: His Achilles' heel
Allusion
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
What is personification?
Name the figurative language: "I must speak from my heart, though no one hears me."
Solilquy
Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"
What is a simile?
Name the figurative language: "The boy was a sky scraper, towering over all the other students".
Metaphor
Name the type of figurative language that has this definition.
Acharacter who contrasts with another to highlight certain traits.
What is foil?
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Name the figurative language: brawling love, loving hate, heavy lightness
What is an oxymoron?
Identify the figurative language: The bee buzzed around my head.
What is onomatopoeia?
Name the figurative language: Johnny is just juggling juice?
Alliteration
Name the type of figurative language that has this definition.
When an author hints at events that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
What type of figurative language is this? "I can't wait stand in this two hour long line."
What is Irony?
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the figurative language: A humorous play on words that suggests two or more meanings
Pun
Name the figurative language: The air was as cold as ice.
Simile
How does figurative language make writing better for the reader?
Figurative language can appeal to the senses, makes writing more entertaining (funnier).