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?
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.
A phrase that shows exaggeration that cannot possibly be true.
Hyperbole
What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."
Hyperbole
Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us.
Personification
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
What is personification?
Name the figurative language: He was as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"
What is a simile?
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Name the figurative language: The air was as cold as ice.
Simile
Name the figurative language: The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer’s body.
Metaphor.
How does figurative language make writing better for the reader?
Figurative language can appeal to the senses, makes writing more entertaining (funnier).
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
Name the figurative language:
"His voice was a trumpet in the quiet room."
Metaphor