Simile/Metaphor
What is the definition of a simile?
comparing two things USING like or as
What is the definition of personification?
giving human qualities, like actions, feelings, or abilities to non-human things
What is a onomatopoeia?
A word that represents a sound
What is an idiom?
An expression that doesn’t mean what it says
His eyes sparkled like diamonds.
What figurative language is it?
The sentence below is a metaphor.
True or False?
The children fight like cats and dogs.
False
The sentence below is personification.
True or False?
The moon smiled down on the earth.
True
The sentence below is an example of onomatopoeia.
True or False?
The bee was buzzing around.
True, the word "buzzing" is an example of onomatopoeia.
The test was a piece of cake.
What does that mean?
The test was really easy.
Two heads are better than one.
What figurative language is it?
Idiom
The sentence below is a simile.
True or False?
The snow is a white blanket.
False
What does this sentence below mean?
The sun lazily climbed the sky.
The sun came up to the top slowly
The sentence below is a hyperbole.
True or False?
I've told you a million times!
True
He hit the nail on the head with his answer.
What does that mean?
He said the correct answer, perfectly accurate
The alarm clock screamed at me.
Personification
Is the sentence below a simile or a metaphor?
His brain is a sponge.
Metaphor
The raindrops danced on the windowpane.
What is this an example of: simile, metaphor, or personification?
Personification
What word below, from the sentence, is an example of onomatopoeia?
Those clucking chickens are so loud.
clucking
They were so tired, so they said it was time to hit the hay.
What does that mean?
It means to go to sleep.
He was under the weather.
Feeling unwell
Make the sentence below a simile:
The classroom was a zoo.
The classroom was a crazy as a zoo.
Make the sentence below a personification sentence:
The stars were twinkling in the sky.
The stars winked at me from the night sky.
Make the sentence below a hyperbole:
She slept as long as a bear during hibernation.
She slept forever.
She could sleep forever.
She was working on her project all day, so she decided to call it a day.
What does that mean?
She wasn't going to continue working on the project for the rest of the day.
It was raining cats and dogs.
What figurative language is that?
Idiom