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