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 do authors use to evoke strong feelings or impressions by exaggerating?
hyperbole
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.
Alliteration
DAILY DOUBLE
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.
TRIPPLE PLAY
What is it called when non-living objects are given human characteristics?
personification
DAILY DOUBLE
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
TRIPPLE PLAY
Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"
What is a simile?
Name the figurative language: "Death robbed her of the chance at happiness."
Personification
What is another way to say figures of speech?
Figurative language
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
DAILY DOUBLE
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?
TRIPPLE PLAY
Name the figurative language: Johnny is feeling under the weather?
Idiom.
What is a phrase or a saying that is generally understood to mean something specific but makes no sense?
Idiom
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 figurative language: The air was as cold as ice.
Simile
What is a pun?
figurative language which creates a play on words. For example: A horse is a very stable animal.