What are similes?
What are idioms?
What is a hyperbole?
What is personification?
What is an onomatopoeia?
What is a metaphor?
What does the idiom "feeling blue" mean?
"Feeling blue" means feeling sad or depressed.
True or False:
You can only find hyperbole in advertisements.
False!
You can find hyperbole everywhere!
True or False:
Personification makes humans seem non-human.
False!
Personification makes non-humans seem human.
A cow says "moooooo"!
Simile or metaphor?
The thunder growled like a group of grizzly bears.
Simile!
It uses the word "like" to compare the sound of thunder with grizzly bears.
What does the idiom "under the weather" mean?
"Under the weather" means feeling sick or unwell.
Hyperbole or not?
Jame's backpack weighs a ton.
Hyperbole!
A ton is 2,000 pounds! No one's backpack is that heavy.
Find at least one example of personification in the following poem:
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Clouds are pouting, sky is crying, sun is smiling.
True or False:
The use of onomatopoeia can create a certain mood.
True!
You can use onomatopoeia to create a certain mood.
The mood can go from light and happy to dark and somber, all through the use of onomatopoeia!
Give me an example of a simile.
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What does the idiom "time flies" mean?
"Time flies" means time is going by quickly.
Find at least one hyperbole in the following poem:
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A hundred waiters hold one dish.
Our soup is deeper than the sea.
Our noodles stretch a mile.
The old car died on the side of the road.
1) What object is given a human quality?
2) What does this sentence mean?
The old car died on the side of the road.
1) The old car is given a human quality.
2) This means the car stopped working.
Find at least one example of onomatopoeia in the following poem:
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Quack, flutter, oink, boom, zing, snort, hum, etc.
Give me an example of a metaphor.
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Give me an example of an idiom.
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Give me an example of a hyperbole.
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Give me an example of personification.
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Give me an example of an onomatopoeia.
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