picture perfect
alliteration
"ahem"
onomatopoeia
His nostrils flared; he was breathing like a picadored bull.
simile
6. What does "It's raining cats and dogs" really mean?
raining a lot
An expression that, taken literally, means something other than it does figuratively.
Idiom
"giggle"
onomatopoeia
My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
personification
That knife is as sharp as a razor.
simile
"Fifty years ago I learned to read at a round table in the center of a large, Sweet-Smelling, Steam-Softened kitchen."
Alliteration
10. The town was covered in wonderful, white, wintery snow.
alliteration
Onomatopoeia
A figurative language technique in which words resemble the real sound they refer to.
8. The fire broke out in the dead of winter .
idiom
Figurative language that uses like or as to directly compare two unlike things.
simile
I slept like a rock last night.
hyperbole
His words felt like a dagger in my heart.
imagery
Be careful, it's a jungle out there.
hyperbole
The person in front of me walked as slow as a turtle.
hyperbole
imagery
Descriptive language used to appeal to the five senses and to create vivid mental pictures.
Cunning like a fox.
simile
personification
figurative language which gives animals and inanimate objects human characteristics and feelings
good things come to those who wait
idiom
15. The thunder was a mighty lion.
A. metaphor
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
7. The snowman was as fluffy as a marshmallow.
simile
She's as cold as ice.
simile
"His smile was so wide he's have to break it into sections to fit it through the doorway."
Hyperbole
5. He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.
onomatopoeia
quick question
alliteration
Hyperbole
An exaggeration or overstatement used for effect. such statements are not literally true, but people make them sound impressive or to emphasize something."
I'm pleased to meet your better half.
metaphor
I rember the summers with lightening bugs and honeysuckles smell; the cold winters when the field would all be brown and would crackle under my feet.
Imagery
6. When she lost her job, she became mean old Scrooge.
allusion
She was as sly as a fox.
simile
13. Alicia is an angel.
metaphor
4. Finish the Alliteration: Many Monsters ______________
answers will vary
frogs croaks, birds whistle
onomatopoeia
simile
Figurative language that uses like or as to directly compare two unlike things.
12. My alarm clock yells at me every morning. 1
personification
2. If someone is LIKE A STAR, what does that mean?
celebrity status/ admired
see, smell, taste, feel, hear
imagery
Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
personification
A figurative language technique in which words resemble the real sound they refer to.
Onomatopoeia
the autumn leaves are a blanket on the ground
imagery
figurative language which gives animals and inanimate objects human characteristics and feelings
personification
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
You're as light as a feather.
hyperbole
go on a wild goose chase
idiom
Descriptive language used to appeal to the five senses and to create vivid mental pictures.
imagery
"It was cold and hard, but I was so tired I could have slept in a wind tunnel."
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Repeated consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning of words. Alliteration is used to create mood or emphasize certain words
There is a weight on my shoulder.
metaphor
idiom
An expression that, taken literally, means something other than it does figuratively.
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 one thing is another thing.
metaphor
Time is money.
metaphor
1. When we say that someone is AN ANGEL, what do we mean?
good/ bad
Repeated consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning of words. Alliteration is used to create mood or emphasize certain words
Alliteration
The furnace purred like a great, sleepy animal.
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
1. The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.
simile
the bus bounced like an empty cracker box on wheels.
simile
4. It really burned me up when you yelled at me.
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."
Lightning danced across the sky.
personification
The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
personification
2. The fly buzzed past us.
onomatopoeia
7. Imagery is words that being a clear _____________ to a reader's mind.
PICTURE
The wind howled in the night.
personification
3. The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.
personification
"His Super-Slow dip- Stride Slump Shuffle"
Alliteration
"belch"
onomatopoeia
His heart of stone surprised me.
metaphor
rocky road
alliteration
give someone the cold shoulder
idiom
money matters
alliteration
5. "The microwave timer told me dinner was ready." How is this a personification?
answers vary
She had a voice like an unoiled gate, but somehow not unpleaseant.
simile
9. The lightning fast sled shot flames as it slid down the hill!
hyperbole
14. Most cats purr if you pet them behind the ears.
onomatopoeia
flags flutter and flap
onomatopoeia/ alliteration
get a taste of your own medicine
idiom
11. The boy with straight A’s was a regular Einstein.
Allusion