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Vocabulary I
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Vocabulary III
Identify the Figurative Language Phrase in the Sentence
Identify the Type of Figurative Language
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This type of figurative language compares two things using the words LIKE or AS.
Simile.
100
This is a type of language where a person says or does one thing, but really means something different than it normally does. 
Figurative.
100
This is a type of language where do or mean exactly what you say. 
Literal.
100
Identify the simile in the sentence: I was like the Flash when I ran the pacer in gym class.

I was like the Flash.


100

Garry’s gecko gobbled gooseberries greedily, getting good at grabbing goodies.

Alliteration. 


Try and say it three times as fast as you can!

100
In a complete sentence, correctly write an example of an onomatopoeia. 
Student answers may vary but may include answers such as:


The dog let out a WOOF when it saw a squirrel.
The water dripped from the faucet. 

200
This type of figurative language is when the same sound repeats itself at the beginning of words in a sentence. Hint: These are often tongue twisters.
Alliteration
200

This is the type of figurative language that gives human qualities to a creature, idea, or object.


Personification.
200

This is a type of figurative language that sounds like what it describes. (Hint: These are usually animal noises or what you see in comic books).


Onomatopoeia.
200
Identify the onomatopoeia in the sentence: The faucet dripped when I didn't turn it off all the way.
Dripped.
200
I am an olympian when I swim in the pool.
Metaphor.
200
Correctly use an idiom in a sentence
Answers may vary but may include:


The new iPhone X cost an arm and a leg.
My dad told me not to burn the candle at both ends when I was working two jobs and going to school.
It's raining cats and dogs outside.

300
This is a type of figurative language where you compare two things by saying one thing IS another.
Metaphor.
300

This is a type of figurative language a person exaggerates for effect.

Hyperbole.
300

This is a type of figurative language that indirectly refers to someone or something famous.

Allusion.
300
Identify the personification in the sentence: My alarm clock screams at me every morning to get out of bed.
My alarm clock screams.
300

Paying attention to to the lyrics, what kind of figurative language is present in the video? 

Assonance.

The short e, short o, long e, and long o sounds repeat. 


His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin' 

What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out He's chokin', how, everybody's jokin' now
The clocks run out, times up, over, blaow!

Snap back to reality, oh there goes gravity
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He's so mad, but he won't give up that easy? No
He won't have it, he knows his whole back city's ropes
It don't matter,
He's dope, he knows that, but he's broke
He's so stacked that he knows
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
Back to the lab again yo, this whole rhapsody
He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him.

300
In a complete sentence, write an example of personification.
Answers may vary, but may include: 


The shadows crept up on me.
The cake called my name from the kitchen.

400
This is a type of figurative language where the figurative meaning of a phrase is different than the literal meaning.
Idiom.
400

This is a type of figurative language where a saying has been so overused that it is no longer entertaining or original.

Cliché.

400

This is a type of figurative language where the same vowel sound repeats itself inside of words. (Hint: These are usually the catchy parts of songs).

Assonance.
400

Identify the cliché in video: 


Once upon a time. 

400

What kind of figurative language is this an example of? 

The best way to stop a charging bull is to take away his credit card.

Pun.
400
In a sentence, correctly write a metaphor.
Answers may vary, but may include:


Life is a highway.
My legs are jello after I work out.

500

This is a type of figurative language where a saying is funny because it has a double meaning.

Pun.
500

This is a type of figurative language where the person says or writes one things but they really mean the opposite. 

Irony.
500

BONUS QUESTION: This is a type of figurative language is a combination of two contradictory or opposite words.

Oxymoron.


Examples: Original Copies, Virtual Reality, Tragic Comedy, Awfully Pretty.

500
Identify the hyperbole in the sentence: It took me seven million years to get to school when I had to walk through the snow!
Seven million years.
500

Identify the type of figurative language in the video: 

Cliché.

500

Correctly write an example using irony in a sentence.

Answers may vary, but may include:


“The room is freezing! I’m so cold” I say as sweat pours down my face in the 100 degree room.

“I’m not tired at all!” I say, yawning.