Identification 1
My dog Sparky is as fast as a cheetah!
What is a simile?
She sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
The towers were as tall as the Himalayan mountains!
What is hyperbole and simile?
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).
What is onomatopoeia?
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid, using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
The sunshine in her face turned to sunset, then to dusk, when she heard of her lover's death at sea.
What is a metaphor?
Faster! I pumped my legs as hard as I could. Faster! My rival was right behind me, coming around the bend. Faster! It wasn't enough to beat him, I had to beat my time. Faster!
What is repetition?
My family gathered around in our moth-bitten sweaters with mugs of dollar-store cocoa. Times were hard, but in that moment I was happy in the warm glow of the Christmas lights.
What is imagery and symbol?
The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
What is repetition?
Describing something nonhuman with a personal nature or human characteristics, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
What is personification?
The description in his story jumped off the page!
What is personification?
The dry toast scratched my throat. A sip of the cloying, swampy orange juice left pulp stuck in my teeth. The waffles were flat and joyless, and the syrup was sickly sweet. The sausage fell apart when I tried to cut it. It was the worst breakfast ever.
What is imagery?
My phone demanded that I keep checking it. Ignoring the constant buzz and chirp of its notifications was torture.
What is hyperbole and personification?
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is a metaphor?
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
What is imagery?
Bang!
Whap!
Buzz!
What is onomatopoeia?
If we're going to win this game, the team needs to come together like the Avengers. You're the quarterback, Sam. Can you be our Captain America?
What is allusion?
Will you be the Princess Peach to my Mario? The Zelda to my Link? The Mrs. Pac-Man to my Pac-Man? The Cortana to my Master Chief (before Halo 4)?
What is allusion and metaphor?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
That failing grade on the test absolutely destroyed me!
What is hyperbole?
I had a full tank of gas and the open road ahead of me. That's what America is all about. Freedom.
What is a symbol?
The wind grew until it threatened to tear the roof from the house, roaring past the windowpanes, reaching its grasping hands through every drafty weakness in the walls.
What is personification and imagery?
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
What is an allusion?
A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.
What is a symbol?