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?
Name the figurative language: "He let the cat out of the bag."
Idiom
What idiom refers to someone who is trying hard not to say something that would create conflict or a problem?
They are biting or bite their tongue.
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
Name the figurative language: The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer’s body.
Metaphor.
What is going on if a character is “walking on thin ice.”
A character is in a risky or dangerous situation where one wrong move could lead to serious consequences.
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?
Name the figurative language: "The soft wind blew through the trees with the sweet smell of spring flowers."
Imagery
What is the idiom that can be used for someone who is staying up late and waking up early, working too hard or overextending oneself, often leading to exhaustion or burnout?
“burning the candle at both ends."
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?
Name the figurative language: Johnny is feeling under the weather?
Idiom.
What is the idiom for revealing a secret or spoiling a surprise, which often creates conflict or shifts the story’s direction?
The character “let the cat out of the bag.”
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?
Name the two types of figurative language: The air was as cold as ice. Blowing its brisk breeze across the meadows.
Simile
Alliteration
A teacher says a student is “barking up the wrong tree.” What does the idiom suggest about the student’s argument or approach?
They are making a mistake by focusing on the wrong issue or blaming the wrong person.