Definitions 1
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Name the figurative language: "The boy was a sky scraper, towering over all the other students".
What is a Metaphor
Identify the figurative language: The bee buzzed around my head.
What is onomatopoeia?
Identify the figurative language: “He threw in the towel after the third attempt.”
What is an idiom
Identify the figurative language: “Her voice rose and fell like waves crashing against the shore.”
What is a Simile
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 "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What is alliteration?
Identify the figurative language: “The lake shimmered like polished silver beneath the moonlight.”
What is a simile
Identify the figurative language: “Opportunity knocked softly, but he refused to answer.”
What is Personification
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.
What is Alliteration
Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children.
What is Alliteration
Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us.
Personification
Identify the figurative language: “Regret is a shadow that follows you wherever you go.”
What is a Metaphor
Identify the figurative language: “My phone battery dies the second I need it.”
What is Hyperbole
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.
What is a Simile
Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"
What is a simile?
Identify the figurative language: “Everyone in the world was staring at me.”
What is Hyperbole
Identify the figurative language: “They decided to call it a day after hours of arguing.”
What is an Idiom
What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."
What is a Hyperbole
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the figurative language: "Costs an arm and a leg."
What is an idiom?
Identify the figurative language: “Whispering winds wandered through the wild, weaving a wistful song.”
What is an Alliteration
Identify the figurative language: “This backpack is dragging me straight to the center of the Earth.”
What is an Hyperbole