Definitions
Using words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal meaning. Different types include simile, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, etc.
What is figurative language?
An exaggeration to make a point.
What is a hyperbole?
The bacon sizzled on the stove.
What is onomatopoeia?
She sings like an angel.
What is simile?
What does this hyperbole mean?
That took forever.
What is took a long time?
Using “like” or “as” to compare two unlike things that share some similarities.
What is a simile?
Giving human qualities to nonhuman objects or things.
What is personification?
The rain danced on the sidewalk.
What is personification?
My dad is smarter than anyone.
What is hyperbole?
What does this metaphor mean?
The concert was a zoo.
What is really busy/crowded?
Two or more nearby words that begin with the same sound.
What is alliteration?
Words that make sounds when spelled out.
What is an onomatopoeia?
I will be as quiet as a mouse.
What is simile?
What is onomatopoeia?
What does this simile mean?
They are like two peas in a pod.
What is good friends/best friends/close friends?
A direct comparison of two unlike things without using “like” or “as”; saying that one thing is something else.
What is a mtaphor?
Figurative language impacts the attitude of the author's writing. This is also known as the author's________.
What is tone OR what is the author's tone?
You are a headache.
What is metaphor?
I can't wrap my head around this.
What is idiom?
What does this personification mean?
The plants begged for water.
What is the plants need water/the plants are dying/the plants are too dry?
A word or phrase that means something other than what is being said.
What is an idiom?
Descriptive tools, sound devices, and comparisons are the 3 _________ of figurative language.
What are categories OR what is categories?
Miguel is the best friend in the world.
What is hyperbole?
Early bird gets the worm.
What is idiom?
What does this idiom mean?
Her plans are up in the air.
What is undecided/unsure/not made?