Definitions
This figurative language uses exaggeration.
What is Hyperbole?
"The stars danced in the night" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
Identify the figurative language: I hope you do well on the test. "May the odds ever be in your favor."
What is allusion?
This is an expression that does not literally mean what it says. "Let the cat out of the bag."
What is Idiom?
This is when words sound the way they are spelled
What is Onomatopoeia?
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as"
What is Simile?
Identify the example: I'm starving. I haven't eaten in days.
What is a Hyperbole?
Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us.
What is Personification?
This is the lesson or message of the story.
What is theme?
This type of figurative language is an expression that says something but it means something else
What is Idiom?
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.
What is a Simile?
Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"
What is a simile?
This is the dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
"George is a shining star in a class of black holes" is an example of
What is Metaphor?
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Name the figurative language: My backpack weighs a ton from all my homework.
What is a hyperbole?
Identify the figurative language: The bee buzzed around my head. BUZZZ!
What is onomatopoeia?
This is the implied or suggested meaning of a word.
What is connotation?
In Shrek, Donkey and the audience knowing that Fiona is an ogre but Shrek not knowing this until later in the movie is an example of this type of figurative device.
What is dramatic irony?
This type of figurative device makes a reference to something well know in literature, pop culture, history or mythology.
What is Allusion?
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?
This is when the audience knows something that some of the characters don't know.
What is dramatic irony?
List 4 figurative language types
What are Simile, metaphor, idiom, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification, allusion.