Be careful, it's a jungle out there.
hyperbole
get a taste of your own medicine
idiom
11. The boy with straight A’s was a regular Einstein.
Allusion
An exaggeration or overstatement used for effect. such statements are not literally true, but people make them sound impressive or to emphasize something."
Hyperbole
Time is money.
metaphor
1. When we say that someone is AN ANGEL, what do we mean?
good/ bad
10. The town was covered in wonderful, white, wintery snow.
alliteration
The furnace purred like a great, sleepy animal.
personification
"It was cold and hard, but I was so tired I could have slept in a wind tunnel."
Hyperbole
simile
Figurative language that uses like or as to directly compare two unlike things.
rocky road
alliteration
She was as sly as a fox.
simile
Create a sentence to describe this picture. Use any of the following types of figurative language. Then identify the kind of figurative language that you used. Alliteration, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, Simile, Metaphor, Idiom, Personifica
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An expression that, taken literally, means something other than it does figuratively.
Idiom
His heart of stone surprised me.
metaphor
6. What does "It's raining cats and dogs" really mean?
raining a lot
14. Most cats purr if you pet them behind the ears.
onomatopoeia
figurative language which gives animals and inanimate objects human characteristics and feelings
personification
The wind howled in the night.
personification
5. "The microwave timer told me dinner was ready." How is this a personification?
answers vary
7. The snowman was as fluffy as a marshmallow.
simile
7. Imagery is words that being a clear _____________ to a reader's mind.
PICTURE
"belch"
onomatopoeia
quick question
alliteration
the autumn leaves are a blanket on the ground
imagery
15. The thunder was a mighty lion.
A. metaphor
metaphor
A metaphor is a comparison between two things. unlike a simile, a metaphor does not use the word like or as; a metaphor implies the comparison by stating that o
Cunning like a fox.
simile
4. Finish the Alliteration: Many Monsters ______________
answers will vary
A figurative language technique in which words resemble the real sound they refer to.
Onomatopoeia
the bus bounced like an empty cracker box on wheels.
simile
Hyperbole
An exaggeration or overstatement used for effect. such statements are not literally true, but people make them sound impressive or to emphasize something."
I slept like a rock last night.
hyperbole
"Fifty years ago I learned to read at a round table in the center of a large, Sweet-Smelling, Steam-Softened kitchen."
Alliteration
Hyperbole
An exaggeration or overstatement used for effect. such statements are not literally true, but people make them sound impressive or to emphasize something."
She had a voice like an unoiled gate, but somehow not unpleaseant.
simile
You're as light as a feather.
hyperbole
Descriptive language used to appeal to the five senses and to create vivid mental pictures.
imagery
"ahem"
onomatopoeia
5. He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.
onomatopoeia
idiom
An expression that, taken literally, means something other than it does figuratively.
A metaphor is a comparison between two things. unlike a simile, a metaphor does not use the word like or as; a metaphor implies the comparison by stating that one thing is another thing.
metaphor
The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
personification
2. If someone is LIKE A STAR, what does that mean?
celebrity status/ admired
money matters
alliteration
"His Super-Slow dip- Stride Slump Shuffle"
Alliteration
6. When she lost her job, she became mean old Scrooge.
allusion
frogs croaks, birds whistle
onomatopoeia
personification
figurative language which gives animals and inanimate objects human characteristics and feelings
Alliteration
Repeated consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning of words. Alliteration is used to create mood or emphasize certain words
give someone the cold shoulder
idiom
I'm pleased to meet your better half.
metaphor
good things come to those who wait
idiom
imagery
Descriptive language used to appeal to the five senses and to create vivid mental pictures.
I rember the summers with lightening bugs and honeysuckles smell; the cold winters when the field would all be brown and would crackle under my feet.
Imagery
4. It really burned me up when you yelled at me.
idiom
That knife is as sharp as a razor.
simile
2. The fly buzzed past us.
onomatopoeia
8. The fire broke out in the dead of winter .
idiom
Figurative language that uses like or as to directly compare two unlike things.
simile
The person in front of me walked as slow as a turtle.
hyperbole
picture perfect
alliteration
His words felt like a dagger in my heart.
imagery
12. My alarm clock yells at me every morning. 1
personification
Repeated consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning of words. Alliteration is used to create mood or emphasize certain words
Alliteration
1. The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.
simile
Onomatopoeia
A figurative language technique in which words resemble the real sound they refer to.
"His smile was so wide he's have to break it into sections to fit it through the doorway."
Hyperbole
9. The lightning fast sled shot flames as it slid down the hill!
hyperbole
go on a wild goose chase
idiom
flags flutter and flap
onomatopoeia/ alliteration
She's as cold as ice.
simile
My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
personification
Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
personification
13. Alicia is an angel.
metaphor
Lightning danced across the sky.
personification
There is a weight on my shoulder.
metaphor
"giggle"
onomatopoeia
3. The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.
personification
His nostrils flared; he was breathing like a picadored bull.
simile
see, smell, taste, feel, hear
imagery