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