Figurative lang definitions
I am a sound word! ex: pop, bang
, What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
Identify as personification or idiom:
The pop tart jumped out of the toaster!
What is personification?
True or False: All of these are similes?
1. All the world is a stage!
2. She is as fast as a cheetah!
3. He is as sly as a fox!
False - #4 is a metaphor
What type of figurative language is this? : Time is a thief?
1. Time grabs you by the wrist, and directs you where to go....
1. What is personification?
1.I compare 2 things USING like or as...
2. I compare 2 unlike things - NOT using like or as....
1. What is SIMILE?
2. What is METAPHOR?
Identify each as personification,an idiom, or a hyperbole (It may be possible that each answer could be correct more than once.).
1. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
2. I jumped so high I touched the sky!
1. What is an idiom?
2. What is a hyperbole?
She's as cold as ice! AND Those wild kids are like a bull in a china shop!
What types of figurative language are these?
1. What is a simile (for both)?
Label each as a simile, a metaphor, or neither.
a. She's as mean as a snake!
b. I like the blue cotton candy, as does my aunt!
c. She's the bee's knees!
a. simile
b. neither
c. metaphor
1. Give one sentence with alliteration!
2. Give one sentence with assonance!
Answers will vary!
1. When the phrase is different than the literal meaning of each word....
2. When human characteristics are given to a non-human object....
3. When many of the words in a sentence contain the same consonants...
1. What is an IDIOM?
2. What is PERSONIFICATION?
3. What is ALLITERATION?
Label each as an idiom, personification, or a hyperbole. It may be possible to use each answer more than once.
1. My sister let the cat out of the bag and ruined the surprise.
2. The stars danced in the night's sky!
3. They ignored the elephant in the court room.
1. What is an idiom?
2. What is personification?
3. What is an idiom?
The stairs creak as I sleep! It's the house telling me to close my eyes!
What type of figurative language is creak? What other type of figurative language is used
What is onomatopoeia?
What is personification?
The clown had a red nose, funny clothes, and made me a balloon rose! (what type of figurative language is this?)
Stop! Stop! I yelled, as the dog barked ferociously. (What 2 types of figurative language are used?)
What is assonance?
What is repetition? What is onomatopoeia?
What types of figurative language are these?
He bit the bullet and took responsibility!
My grandmother would always say not to count your eggs before they hatch!
Life is a fashion show!
What is an idiom?
What is an idiom?
What is a metaphor?
1. When a sentence contains many of the same vowel sounds....
2. Define repetition in your own words.
3. Define ALLITERATION in your own words.
1. What is ASSONANCE?
2. When the same thing is repeated multiple times
3. When the same consonant is used several times in a sentence.
identify EACH type of figurative language below & explain:
(-may contain only 1 type of figurative language or may contain up to 3)
1. I tried not to cry as tears fell down my eye. I hated saying goodbye! My mom told me that life isn't fair. She said "life is like a box of chocolates!"
1. What is a simile?
2. What is assonance?
What type of figurative language is this?
1. I would literally kill to have front row tickets to that concert!
2."Oh my! Oh my!" I'm so excited to watch the play! Break a leg tonight! (List the 2 types of figurative language used.) /3. ---Give an example of assonance!
1. What is a hyperbole?
2. What is repetition? What is an idiom?
Label each type of figurative language in each!
a. Deonte and Dana drove to the Desert Diamond casino in Dover, Delaware./ b. They must have traveled a million miles!/ c. Their long trip was worth it, because their smiles were a mile wide!
a. alliteration
b. hyperbole
c. hyperbole
1. Give an example of a sentence with a hyperbole!
2. Sam and Sandy go to Subway so often, they probably ate seven billion steak sandwiches with spicy siracha sauce! (Identify the 2 types of figurative language that are used!)
3. I told her "Don't slam the door anymore! I am poor!" I was afraid she would break it and I'd have to buy a new one.(Name the 2 types of figurative lang.)
1.
2. alliteration and hyperbole
3. onomatopoeia and assonance
1. Give an example of an oxymoron!
2. Define assonance AND alliteration!
3. Give an EXAMPLE of an IDIOM!
1. ex- jumbo shrimp
2. Assonance is the repeating of vowel sounds in a sentence, whereas alliteration is the repeating of consonants in a sentence.
3. It's raining cats and dogs!
Find all the types of figurative language below: (may contain anywhere from 2-4) -Explain!
"Life is a highway" and "Love is a battlefield" are two of my mother's favorite expressions. She also tells me to always be myself and be creative. She says it is important to "think outside of the box".
1. What is a metaphor?
2. What is a metaphor?
3. What is an idiom?
List the TWO types of figurative language this could be:
She was as snug as a bug in a rug!
List the 2 types of figurative language this could be:
Bam! She dove knee deep in a huge heap of leaves!
What is simile? What is assonance?
What is onomatopoeia? What is assonance?
Label each type of figurative language below: (There will be at least 3 things and may be up to 5!)
1. I told him not to peek, as we ran up the steep hill to play hide and seek!
2.Slam went the door, as he went outside to feed the quacking ducks!
3. I told him "Don't put all of your eggs in one basket!"
1. What is assonance?
2. What is onomatopoeia? What is onomatopoeia?
3. What is an idiom?
1. Give an example of a sentence that contains assonance!
2. Name the figurative language below (may be as few as 2 or as many as 4): She's a woman child in a state of grace! / My sister kept singing "hit me baby one more time, hit me baby one more time"....
1.
2. oxymoron
3. repetition