Simile/Metaphor
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
An exaggeration used for emphasis.
Which type of device?
What is hyperbole?
A phrase that means something different than the literal words.
What is an idiom?
descriptive details that appeal to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) and create a picture in someone's mind.
What is imagry?
“He ran like a cheetah.”
Which literary device?
What is a simile?
“The classroom was a zoo.”
Simile or Metaphor?
Metaphor
Giving human traits to something non-human.
Which type of device?
What is personification?
A word that imitates a sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
Why is the following sentence considered imagry: “The icy wind stung my cheeks and made my fingers numb.”
Which literary device is this: “My computer stopped listening to me,"?
What does it mean?
Personification
The computer stopped working.
A comparison that says one thing is another (no like/as).
What is a metaphor?
“The alarm clock screamed at me.”
Personification or Hyperbole?
What is personification?
It's a secret so don't “spill the beans.”
This is an example of which literary device?
What is an idiom?
Putting two things together that extremely contrast is which type of literary device?
What is juxtaposition?
Explain why this is imagery: “The neon lights buzzed above the wet sidewalk, reflecting in puddles like broken mirrors.”
It uses sensory details (sight and sound) to create a vivid picture.
Explain why “The baby’s cry sounded like a siren” is a simile.
It uses “like” to compare.
Write a hyperbole about being hungry.
Example: “I could eat 100 tacos!”
examples will vary
Create 3 onomatopoeia words for a storm.
What is juxtaposition?
Explain why “I’m drowning in homework” is hyperbole.
It’s an exaggeration; not literal.
Create your own metaphor for someone who is angry.
Answers will vary.
Explain why “The wind whispered through the trees," is personification.
Humans whisper, but trees can't.
Why is the phrase "break a leg" considered an idiom?
It is not the literal meaning.
Write 1 sentence of imagery describing a beach.
Answers will vary.
Example: “The salty air clung to my skin as waves hissed onto the hot sand.”
Write a simile about a forest.
Answers will vary.