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?
Name the figurative language: He was as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
Name the figurative language: “Bang! The door slammed shut.”
Onomatopoeia
Create a simile about food.
Example: The pizza was as hot as lava
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.
Alliteration
Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children.
Alliteration
Name the figurative language: “That backpack weighs a ton.”
Hyperbole
Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"
What is a simile?
Finish this metaphor:
“The hallway was a ________.”
Example: zoo, racetrack, jungle
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
What is personification?
Name the figurative language: The air was as cold as ice.
Simile
Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us.
Personification
Name the figurative language: “The wind whispered through the trees.”
Personification
Give a Personification to this subject:
“The sun."
Example:
“The sun smiled down at us.”
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the figurative language "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What is alliteration?
Identify the figurative language: The bee buzzed around my head.
What is onomatopoeia?
Identify the figurative language: “Deafening silence”
Oxymoron
Come up with an onomatopoeia sound effect for a thunderstorm.
Example: "BOOM!, CRASH!"
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
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."
Hyperbole
Name the figurative language: “Bittersweet”
Oxymoron
Make an alliteration sentence centered around the word: "Sea"
Example "Sally sells SEA shells by the seashore."