Walk Two Moons Figurative Language Review and Retake

Walk Two Moons Figurative Language Review

A hyperbole is an exaggeration of something. It is a statement that cannot be taken literally.

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What is hyperbole?

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of hyperbole?

• My feet are very sore.

• I have a ton of homework.

• This sweet tea tastes fantastic!

• I have too many bottles.

Multiple Choice

Identify the figurative language: "We stood out like pickles in a pea patch."

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

A metaphor compares two unlike things. To do this, a metaphor uses "is" to make a comparison.​

Metaphor

A simile is different from a metaphor. A simile compares two unlike things, but it uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison.

​​Simile

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Multiple Choice

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

• One uses "like" or "as" while the other uses "is."

• One uses "like" while the other uses "as."

• Both of them use "jamba juice."

Multiple Choice

Identify the figurative language:

"Being a mother is like trying to hold a wolf by the ears"

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.​

Alliteration

​"Obtuse, rubber goose, green moose, guava juice..."

Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech in which words represent the actual sound of the thing they refer to or describe.

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The “boom” of a firework exploding, the “tick tock” of a clock, and the “ding dong” of a doorbell are all examples of onomatopoeia.​

Multiple Choice

Snap! Crackle! Pop! is a slogan that represents_______________.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

Multiple Choice

Identify the figurative language: "Bawk, bawwwk, bawwwk."

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Idiom

An expression that has a different meaning of its own.

Open Ended

Which idiom did you use for your idiom project and what did it mean?

Multiple Choice

Identify the figurative language: "You could have knocked me over with a chicken feather."

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

​Personification is giving human characteristics to nonhuman things. It is a figure of speech that can be used to make writing more interesting or to emphasize a point.

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Personification

Multiple Choice

Identify the figurative language: "'Rush, rush, rush' whispered the wind, the sky, the clouds, the trees"

• Personification

• Alliteration

Poll

How well can you identify figurative language after this review?

• I'm on top of the world!

• I think I'm getting better at it.

• I'm okay..I think

• Meh