Definitions 1
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 Heartbreak makes the heart feverish.
What is metaphor?
Name the figurative language: "The classroom clock groaned and dragged its feet, clearly tired of racing Aubri's unstoppable focus in math class."
Personification
Comparing TWO things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
Identify the example: Ocean waves roared against the current.
Imagery
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.
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 boy was a sky scraper, towering over all the other students".
Metaphor
This type of figurative language uses descriptive language to help the reader see, hear, smell, taste or feel something .
What is imagery?
Name the figurative language: Her smile shined as diamonds dancing in the rain.
What is an simile?
Identify the figurative language: The bee buzzed around my head.
What is imagery?
Name the figurative language: Delonta is a ray of sunshine, lighting up the classroom and warming every heart he talks to.
Metaphor.
This is the authors attitude.
This is how the reader feels when reading.
Tone & Mood
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the figurative language: Miss Cook glides through the classroom like a polished QUEEN, her heels clicking with confidence while her smile sparkles brighter than the lesson on the board.
What an imagery?
Name the figurative language: The air was as cold as ice.
Simile