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