Type
Manny: What type of figurative language uses "like" or "as".
Simile
Manny: What is the meaning of the following metaphor?
This cupcake is a rainbow of flavors!
The cupcake has a b unch of different tastes.
Joe: What type of figurative language is the sentence below?
I love my pet dog as much as I love my parents
Simile
Manny: What sentence has an example of a metaphor?
A. The weather is as cold as a freezer.
B. My Ps5 hates me.
C. The food smells really bad.
A. The weather is as cold as a freezer.
Joe: What type of figurative language is this, and what does it mean?
The car smashed into the store front and hits as hard as a bulldozer.
Simile-the carl has the power to knock things down
Joe: Which type of figurative language contains words that are not meant to be taking literally?
Idioms
Manny: What is being compared in the following?
Timothy was like a kid in a candy store!
Timothy and a kid in a candy store.
Manny: What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
The kid was as tall as a giraffe.
Simile
Joe: Which sentence is an example of a simile?
a. I really like to go swimming at the lake in the summer.
b. I started to feel nauseous as I waited for my turn to speak.
c. After I hurt my ankle, I moved as slow as a turtle.
c. After I hurt my ankle, I moved as slow as a turtle.
Manny: What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below? Explain what the author is trying to show.
The donut called me from the kitchen so I had to go and get it!
Personification and that the need to eat the donut was so strong, it was like someone was forcing him to do it.
Manny: What type of figurative language is this...
A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.
oxymoron
Manny: I put up with my cousin's bad behavior, but when he got caught stealing, the was the last straw for me. From now on, I would pretend to be busy when he asks to hang out.
What is this called and what does it mean?
idiom and it means he has had enough!!!
Joe: What type of figurative language is used in the sentence?
Busy bee's love to eat honey.
Alliteration
Manny: Which sentence is an example of onomatopoeia?
a. Leon the largest lion was laughing loudly.
b. Tick, tick, tick, all I could hear was the clock aggravating me all night long.
c. When we heard the whistle we made sure to freeze.
b. Tick, tick, tick, all I could hear was the clock aggravating me all night long.
Manny: What type of figurative language is the sentence below?
It is raining cats and dogs!
Idiom
Joe: What type of figurative language is this? This figurative language gives human character characteristic to non-humans.
Personification
Joe: What is the meaning of the following metaphor?
Life is one big rollercoaster ride!
Life has ups and downs.
Manny: What type of figurative language is used below?
When I looked up at the sky I said to my dad "Dad, it is raining dogs and cat's."
Hyperbole
Joe: Which sentence is an example of personification?
a. My brother bob loves to bake brownies for my birthday?
b. The stairs groaned as the crowd left the stadium?
c. Jenny bought a snack with the dollar burning in her pocket?
b. The stairs groaned as the crowd left the stadium?
Joe: Give me a sentence using alliteration.
A. My mom loves chocolate.
B. The dog eats dog food.
C. My apple is very sweet.
A. My mom loves chocolate.
Manny: Which type of figurative language has repetition of a beginning sound within the same line in a poem or sentence?
Alliteration
Manny: What is the meaning of the following idiom?
We had a substitute teacher today due to our teacher feeling under the weather.
The teacher was sick.
Joe: What two types of figurative language is this?
The sky looked like a very dark room.
simile
Manny: Which sentence is an example of alliteration?
a. Monkeys make major messes.
b. Pete the penguin likes pizza and pickles.
c. Sam sipped a strawberry slushie.
d. ALL OF THE ABOVE
d. ALL OF THE ABOVE
Manny: Which sentence is an example of a hyperbole?
a. My big brother can be such a couch potato.
b. The water balloon went splat as it hit the ground.
c. I could hardly wait for dinner. I was so hungry I could eat a horse.
c. I could hardly wait for dinner. I was so hungry I could eat a horse.