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 "It rained a bit more than usual."
What is an understatement?
Name the figurative language: Lightning danced across the sky.
Personification.
Bishop was as proud as a peacock after having his hair done.
was it a simile?
A figure of speech where the word is the sound it makes.
Onomatopoeia
Identify the example: Cat got your tongue!
Idiom
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.
Isaiah is a lion when he comes on the court.
was it a metaphor?
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: "I wouldn't say it tasted great."
Understatement
double points
The sun kissed Jaida's face while she was clicking a picture.
was it personification?
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Double Points
Name the figurative language: I'm so hungry, I could eat an elephant
What is a hyperbole?
Identify the figurative language: Couch potato.
What is euphemism?
Name the figurative language: It is a million degrees outside!
Hyperbole.
Imani was so hungry,she could have eaten an elephant.
was it a hyperbole?
Figurative language used to make an overstatement or exaggeration.
Hyperbole
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the figurative language: "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
What hyperbole?
Double points
Name the figurative language: The air was as cold as ice.
Simile
"Mumbai is not the cheapest place in the world."
was it an understatement?