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