Similes and Metaphors
Her smile is like sunshine.
What type of figurative language is this?
What is a simile?
What is personification?
What is.....Personification is a type of figurative language that gives inanimate objects human-like characteristics.
What is alliteration?
What is the repetition of the same letter or sound, especially consonant sounds?
What is irony?
What is when something happens that is the opposite of what you expect?
What is symbolism?
What is when something, like an object, person, or action, stands for a bigger idea or meaning?
What type of figurative language compares two unlike things without using “like” or “as”?
What is a metaphor?
The clouds frowned at the playground. Why is this personification?
What is....This is personification because the clouds are given a human action, frowning, even though clouds cannot actually have feelings or facial expressions.
What is onomatopoeia?
What is the use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sounds made by a object or action?
What is a pun?
What is a play on words or a joke?
What is imagery?
What is the use of sensory language to paint a picture in the reader's mind?
What type of figurative language compares two unlike things using “like” or “as”?
What is a simile?
What is a hyperbole?
What is an extreme exaggeration?
What is one example of alliteration?
What is Sally sells sea shells by the seashore?
What is this phrase an example of?
It was a piece of cake!
What is a idiom?
What is one symbol used in A Christmas Carol?
What are Marley's chains?
Why is “Time is a thief” a metaphor and not a simile?
What is...the sentence does not use "like" or "as"?
What are these phrases an example of?
Jumbo shrimp and climb down
What is an oxymoron?
What is one example of onomatopoeia?
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Why could the movie Ratatouille be considered ironic?
What is...Remy is a rat learning to cook in a kitchen where rats are usually not welcomed!
Create a sentence using imagery?
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Create a sentence using a simile or a metaphor
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Why is “bittersweet” an oxymoron?
What is....It is an oxymoron because it combines two opposite ideas, bitter and sweet, to describe one feeling.
What type of books use onomatopoeia often?
What are comic books?
What is this phrase an example of?
I used to be a baker, but I couldn’t make enough dough.
What is a pun?
What is the prize this week?
What is a surprise dumpling?