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 "Friendship is a roller coaster with a lot of ups and downs."
What is metaphor?
Name the figurative language: "The lovely lilies smiled at me as I passed by."
personification
Makeup onomatopoeia for a leaking water pipe
The pipe dripped dripped dripped all night long.
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figurative language with sound words
What is onomatopoeia?
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
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.
Make up a Metaphor about love
The heart for his family is love.
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This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
What is personification?
Name the figurative language: She was as musical as a hummingbird.
Simile
Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"
What is a simile?
Name the figurative language: "The instructions were as clear as crystal"
Smilie
Make up a use of Personification with a book
The book stared at me as I was reading last night.
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This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Name the figurative language: I just climbed a million stairs which seemed as high as a mountain. (Two Answers)
Hyperbole and Simile
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Identify the figurative language: The boy flushed the toilet. Whoosh!!
What is onomatopoeia?
Name the figurative language: It is a million degrees outside!
Hyperbole.
Make up a hyperbole about homework
It took me 100 hours to complete my math homework.
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Figurative language that is an exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
Identify the example: The slithering snake hissed at the small children. (Two Answers)
alliteration and onomatopoeia
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Identify the figurative language: "It feels like I ran 120 miles in 60 seconds."
What hyperbole?
Name the figurative language: Tommy was as strong as an ox, effortlessly lifting the heavy box.
Simile
Make up a simile for a picnic
The picnic was as good as my birthday party.
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