Definitions 1
This rhetorical device compares two things using "like" or "as."
Simile?
Name the figurative language: The stars danced in the night.
What is personification?
Name the figurative language: "I will not give up. I will not back down. I will not surrender."
Repetition
Name the figurative language: The air was as cold as ice.
Simile
This rhetorical device means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
Personification?
This rhetorical device uses the same word of phrase more than once to add emphasis
Repetition
A heart represents love
Symbolism
Name the figurative language: "The boy was a sky scraper, towering over all the other students".
Metaphor
Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children.
Alliteration
This rhetorical device compares two things without using like or as.
Metaphor?
With this rhetorical device the beginning of two or more words start with the same sound.
Alliteration
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"
What is a simile?
What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."
Hyperbole
This rhetorical device uses an item to represent something beyond the literal meaning.
Symbolism
This rhetorical device is an over exaggeration used to make a point
Hyperbole
Identify the figurative language "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What is alliteration?
Name the figurative language: "The sweet fragrance of freshly baked bread filled the air, making my stomach growl in anticipation."
Imagery
Name the figurative language: The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer’s body.
Metaphor.
This rhetorical device uses words to create a mental image with the senses (sight, smell, sound, touch, taste)
Imagery