Figurative Language Jeopardy

Definitions

100

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

What is a simile?

200

The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.

Alliteration

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 without using like or as.

What is a metaphor?

Double Points

500

Language that appeals to the five senses.

Imagery 

Examples

100

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

What is personification?

200

Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children.

Alliteration 

300

Name the figurative language: He was as fast as a cheetah.

Simile

400

Name the figurative language: Bless your heart.

What is an idiom?

500

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

What is a metaphor?

Identify

100

Identify the figurative language "Prior planning prevents poor performance."

What is alliteration?

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?

400

Identify the figurative language: The bee buzzed around my head. BZZZ! 

What is onomatopoeia?

500

Identify the figurative language: "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."

What hyperbole?

Double points

Examples

100

Name the figurative language: The lovely lilies looked as lively as ever.

Alliteration.

200

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

Metaphor.

300

Name the figurative language: "The soft wind blew through the trees with the sweet smell of spring flowers."

Imagery/ alliteration 

double points

400

Name the figurative language: It is a million degrees outside!

Hyperbole.

500

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

Simile

Poetry and central idea

100

What are the patterns in poetry that create relations amongst the lines? For example ABAA, ABAB, ABBA

Rhyme Scheme

200

What is a section of a poem called? 

Stanza

300

What is the rhyme scheme of a poem?

The pattern of rhyme that occurs in a poem, usually written in letter form like AABBC or ABABA.

400

How many lines does the following poem have?

Oh, how I wish

I could be a fish.

So many nights,

So many bites,

How I wish

to be a fist.

6

500

What is tone?

The authors feelings towards the poem. 

How the poem feels.