4. It really burned me up when you yelled at me.
idiom
give someone the cold shoulder
idiom
10. The town was covered in wonderful, white, wintery snow.
alliteration
quick question
alliteration
An exaggeration or overstatement used for effect. such statements are not literally true, but people make them sound impressive or to emphasize something."
Hyperbole
1. When we say that someone is AN ANGEL, what do we mean?
good/ bad
picture perfect
alliteration
She had a voice like an unoiled gate, but somehow not unpleaseant.
simile
money matters
alliteration
You're as light as a feather.
hyperbole
go on a wild goose chase
idiom
see, smell, taste, feel, hear
imagery
Alliteration
Repeated consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning of words. Alliteration is used to create mood or emphasize certain words
The wind howled in the night.
personification
simile
Figurative language that uses like or as to directly compare two unlike things.
2. If someone is LIKE A STAR, what does that mean?
celebrity status/ admired
His words felt like a dagger in my heart.
imagery
5. "The microwave timer told me dinner was ready." How is this a personification?
answers vary
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
idiom
An expression that, taken literally, means something other than it does figuratively.
imagery
Descriptive language used to appeal to the five senses and to create vivid mental pictures.
Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
personification
She's as cold as ice.
simile
Onomatopoeia
A figurative language technique in which words resemble the real sound they refer to.
A figurative language technique in which words resemble the real sound they refer to.
Onomatopoeia
His heart of stone surprised me.
metaphor
I'm pleased to meet your better half.
metaphor
12. My alarm clock yells at me every morning. 1
personification
There is a weight on my shoulder.
metaphor
14. Most cats purr if you pet them behind the ears.
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."
the bus bounced like an empty cracker box on wheels.
simile
The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
personification
13. Alicia is an angel.
metaphor
"giggle"
onomatopoeia
Figurative language that uses like or as to directly compare two unlike things.
simile
Be careful, it's a jungle out there.
hyperbole
The person in front of me walked as slow as a turtle.
hyperbole
good things come to those who wait
idiom
Saying one thing is another when, in fact, the two items are nothing alike at all.
metaphor
Repeated consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning of words.
Alliteration
"It was cold and hard, but I was so tired I could have slept in a wind tunnel."
Hyperbole
the autumn leaves are a blanket on the ground
imagery
Descriptive language used to appeal to the five senses and to create vivid mental pictures.
imagery
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
She was as sly as a fox.
simile
That knife is as sharp as a razor.
simile
15. The thunder was a mighty lion.
A. metaphor
"belch"
onomatopoeia
Cunning like a fox.
simile
9. The lightning fast sled shot flames as it slid down the hill!
hyperbole
Lightning danced across the sky.
personification
flags flutter and flap
onomatopoeia/ alliteration
"His smile was so wide he's have to break it into sections to fit it through the doorway."
Hyperbole
3. The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.
personification
4. Finish the Alliteration: Many Monsters ______________
answers will vary
figurative language which gives animals and inanimate objects human characteristics and feelings
personification
5. He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.
onomatopoeia
I slept like a rock last night.
hyperbole
"His Super-Slow dip- Stride Slump Shuffle"
Alliteration
personification
figurative language which gives animals and inanimate objects human characteristics and feelings
An expression that, taken literally, means something other than it does figuratively.
Idiom
6. When she lost her job, she became mean old Scrooge.
allusion
"Fifty years ago I learned to read at a round table in the center of a large, Sweet-Smelling, Steam-Softened kitchen."
Alliteration
The furnace purred like a great, sleepy animal.
personification
8. The fire broke out in the dead of winter .
idiom
7. The snowman was as fluffy as a marshmallow.
simile
7. Imagery is words that being a clear _____________ to a reader's mind.
PICTURE
11. The boy with straight A’s was a regular Einstein.
Allusion
My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
personification
6. What does "It's raining cats and dogs" really mean?
raining a lot
2. The fly buzzed past us.
onomatopoeia
rocky road
alliteration
His nostrils flared; he was breathing like a picadored bull.
simile
1. The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.
simile
Time is money.
metaphor
get a taste of your own medicine
idiom
"ahem"
onomatopoeia
frogs croaks, birds whistle
onomatopoeia