Definitions 1
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Definitions 2
100

This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

100

Name the figurative language: The stars danced in the night.

What is personification?

100

Identify the figurative language "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

What is alliteration?

100

Name the figurative language: "He let the cat out of the bag."

Idiom

100

Name the type of figurative language that has this definition. 

The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound made by an object or action. 

Onomatopoeia

200

The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning. 

Alliteration 

200

Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children. 

Alliteration 

200

Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us. 

Personification 

200

Name the figurative language: The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer’s body.

Metaphor.

200

Name the type of figurative language that has this definition. 

A phrase or expression that has been used throughout time and has another meaning then what is being said. 

Idiom

300

This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.

What is personification?

300

Name the figurative language: He was as fast as a cheetah. 

Simile

300

Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"

What is a simile?

300

Name the figurative language: "The boy was a sky scraper, towering over all the other students".

Metaphor

300

Name the type of figurative language that has this definition. 

A phrase that shows exaggeration that cannot possibly be true. 

Hyperbole 

400

This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.

What is a metaphor?

400

Name the figurative language: Bless your heart.

What is an idiom?

400

Identify the figurative language: The bee buzzed around my head. 

What is onomatopoeia?

400

Name the figurative language: Johnny is feeling under the weather?

Idiom.

400

Name the type of figurative language that has this definition. 

This type of figurative language can often be seen in comic books. 

Onomatopoeia

500

What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."

Hyperbole

500

Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.

What is a metaphor?

500

Identify the figurative language: "Costs an arm and a leg."

What an idiom?

500

Name the figurative language: The air was as cold as ice.

Simile

500

How does figurative language make writing better for the reader?


Figurative language can appeal to the senses, makes writing more entertaining (funnier).