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