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 "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What is alliteration?
"Break a leg"
good luck
"BOOM" "CRASH" "BANG" are examples of what?
onomatopoeia
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.
Alliteration
Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children.
Alliteration
Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us.
Personification
"I'm feeling under the weather"
feeling sick
“Her face is like a sunbeam,” is an example of what type of figurative language?
simile
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.
Simile
Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"
What is a simile?
"the test was a piece of cake"
super easy, simple
"I had so much homework. I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!" What type of figurative language is used here?
hyperbole
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Name the figurative language: Bless your heart.
What is an idiom?
Identify the figurative language: The bee buzzed around my head. BUZZZ!
What is onomatopoeia?
"I've got it in the bag"
confident in your success
The idiom "Take it with a grain of salt" means what?
don't take it too seriously
What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."
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 an idiom?
"Jump on the bandwagon"
follow the trend
Give an example of an oxymoron?
variety of answers