Figurative Language
Comparing words or ideas in a figurative way.
A) Simile
B) Oxymoron
C) Metaphor
D) Hyperbole
What is C)?
The flood waters swallowed the trees in one gulp.
Which word identifies the human quality given to the nonhuman subject?
What is swallowed?
Name the literary term fits the example below:
Tommy ate a ton of pizza.
It took me a million years to clean my room.
A)homograph
B)Homophones
C)hyperbole
D)Metaphor
What is C)
The weight of the machinery caused the floor to cry out for help.
Which word identifies the nonhuman subject?
What is Floor?
As it caromed off the front of the rim, the basketball laughed at me.
Which word identifies the nonhuman subject?
What is Basketball?
Rows of corn stood at attention in the stifling heat of late August.
Which word identifies the nonhuman subject?
What is Corn?
For several days, jealousy gnawed at Lorenzo's stomach.
Which word identifies the human quality given to the nonhuman subject?
What is Jealousy?