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5th Grade Figurative Language Baamboozle

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    Figurative Language
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  • I compare two things using the words "like" or "as." What am I?
    simile
  •  15
  • I am a huge exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally. What am I?
    hyperbole
  •  25
  • I give human actions or feelings to animals, objects, or ideas. What am I?
    personification
  •  10
  • I am a phrase that means something different from what the words actually say. Ex: It's raining cats and dogs. What am I?
    idiom
  •  25
  • I compare two things directly WITHOUT using like or as. What am I?
    metaphor
  •  20
  • I am a word that imitates a sound, like BUZZ, POP, sizzle. What am I?
    onomatopoeia
  •  20
  • I happen when several words in a row start with the same sound. What am I?
    alliteration
  •  15
  • The thunder clapped loudly during the storm.
    onomatopoeia
  •  20
  • Her smile is as bright as the sun.
    simile
  •  15
  • I've told you a million times to clean your room!
    hyperbole
  •  20
  • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
    alliteration
  •  10
  • The wind whispered secrets through the trees.
    personification
  •  20
  • My brother is a couch potato.
    metaphor
  •  20
  • It's raining cats and dogs outside!
    idiom
  •  15