Figurative Language Review

boom

the internet is an information highway

The football flew down the field.

Wisconsin workers wished watermelons wore water shoes

The macaroni begged me not to eat it

my muscles are sticks

GianaI bake with bacon, biscuits, butter, and bagels. I bathe them with butterscotch in the basement. I’m a baker, I bake things until they are baked, I put them in the bakeshop from Belgium and the baking bay. Then I babysit my brother whi

Define metaphor

John's suggestion was just a Band-Aid for the problem

Define personifcation

Listen to The Wind.wooooooo

the big bad bear scared all the baby bunnies by the bushes

Define Hyperbole

I’ve been alive since the first ice age.

they fought like cats and dogs

The delicious smell of cookies pulled me to the kitchen.

the bridge collapsed creating a huge boom!

I’m a lazy sloth

Your ears are as big as a rabbits.

Sam saw some seesaws.

Define onomatopoeia

Drip-drop went the rain bang-bang went the thunder

the wind howled like the night.

alliteration

Your breath is as hot as fire

lightning danced across the sky

The macaroni is as hot as the sun

Mrs.Deutsch is as kind as a lamb

When you compare two things using like or as

the class was a zoo

you were as brave as a lion

Mike munches on monday muffins

This pillow is a punching bag.

flowers begged for water

that man is as tall as a house