Figurative Language Jeopardy

Definitions 1

100

This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

300

This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.

What is personification?

400

This type of figurative language compares two things by saying one thing is another.

What is a metaphor?

500

What type of figurative language is this? 

We have been waiting in line for centuries.

Hyperbole

Examples 1

100

Name the figurative language: The stars danced in the night.

What is personification?

300

Name the figurative language: 

I have told you a million times.

Hyperbole

500

Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.

What is a metaphor?

Examples 2

200

Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us. 

Personification 

300

Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"

What is a simile?

Examples 3

200

Name the figurative language: The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer’s body.

Metaphor.

300

Name the figurative language: "The boy was a sky scraper, towering over all the other students".

Metaphor

500

Name the figurative language: The air was as cold as ice.

Simile

Definitions 2

500

How does figurative language make writing better for the reader?

Figurative language can appeal to the senses, makes writing more entertaining (funnier).