Figurative Language Review

The football flew down the field.

Mike munches on monday muffins

the class was a zoo

Define Hyperbole

Your breath is as hot as fire

the internet is an information highway

Mrs.Deutsch is as kind as a lamb

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

my muscles are sticks

they fought like cats and dogs

The macaroni is as hot as the sun

Define personifcation

flowers begged for water

When you compare two things using like or as

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

Sam saw some seesaws.

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

The macaroni begged me not to eat it

Define onomatopoeia

Wisconsin workers wished watermelons wore water shoes

the wind howled like the night.

alliteration

This pillow is a punching bag.

that man is as tall as a house

Define metaphor

boom

the bridge collapsed creating a huge boom!

you were as brave as a lion

Your ears are as big as a rabbits.

I’ve been alive since the first ice age.

lightning danced across the sky

Listen to The Wind.wooooooo

The delicious smell of cookies pulled me to the kitchen.

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

I’m a lazy sloth