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?
Which is an example of a simile?
A. He was so hungry he could eat a horse.
B. The snake slithered into the swamp.
C. The kitten was as light as a feather.
D. He was a beast in the Gaga Pit.
C
Write your own simile.
*teacher reads whiteboard*
(needs like or as)
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
Which is an example of an alliteration?
A. He ate the pretzel with a big chomp!
B. The snake slithered into the swamp.
C. The kitten was as light as a feather.
D. He thought his task would take 1,000 years.
B
Name the type of figurative language that has this definition.
A phrase or expression that has been used throughout time and has another meaning then what is being said.
Idiom
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?
Which is an example of a metaphor?
A. He was so hungry he could eat a horse.
B. The snake slithered into the swamp.
C. The kitten was as light as a feather.
D. He was a beast in the Gaga Pit.
D
Name the type of figurative language that has this definition.
A phrase that shows exaggeration that cannot possibly be true.
Hyperbole
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Name the figurative language: BOOM! BANG!
What is an onomatopoeia?
Identify the figurative language: The bee buzzed around my head.
What is onomatopoeia?
Which is an example NOT an example of a simile?
A. He was fast like a cheetah.
B. She was a cheerleader.
C. The kitten was as light as a feather.
D. The students were like angels for the sub.
B
Name the type of figurative language that has this definition.
This type of figurative language can often be seen in comic books.
Onomatopoeia
What type of figurative language is this? "Ms. Henderson is an angel."
Metaphor
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the figurative language: "The cloud cried in the morning."
What an personification?
Which is an example of personification?
A. The tree swayed in the breeze.
B. The wind blew the tent over.
C. The wind sang a song in the night.
D. The kitten napped in the sun.
C
Write your own metaphor.
*teacher checks whiteboard*
(compares 2 things but does not have like or as)