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