Definitions
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 "Prior planning prevents poor performance."
What is alliteration?
Barking up the wrong ________.
What is "tree"?
You are as strong as an ox.
What is you are very strong?
This type of figurative language is a when the word imitates the sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
Name the figurative language: I have a million things to do.
What is hyperbole?
Identify the figurative language:
"I ate a million hamburgers!"
What is hyperbole?
The math test was a _________ of _________
What is an "piece of cake"?
Don’t cry over spilled milk
What is there’s no reason to complain about something that can’t be fixed?
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
What is personification?
Name the figurative language: awfully good, clearly confused
What is oxymoron?
Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"
What is a simile?
Don’t count your ________ before they ________.
What is "chickens" and "hatch"?
You are on thin ice
What is if you make another mistake, there will be trouble?
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Name the figurative language:
It's raining cats and dogs.
What is an idiom?
Identify the figurative language:
"CRASH, BANG, BOOM went the room!"
What is onomatopoeia?
Hit the _______ on the________.
WHat is "nail" and "head"?
Birds of a feather flock together
What is people who are alike are often friends?
This type of figurative language uses two apparently contradictory terms together.
What is an oxymoron?
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 an idiom?
Once in a __________________ __________________ (hint: color is involved)
What is "blue moon?"
Don’t give up your day job
What is you’re not very good at what you are doing?