Bud, Not Buddy Figurative Language Review

Bud, Not Buddy Figurative Language Review

By Kirk Dietz

Poll

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison between two things using "like or "as"

• A phrase that cannot be interpreted literally

• a comparison without “like” or “as”

• An extreme exaggeration

• giving the qualities of a person to something that is not a person

Poll

What is a simile?

• A comparison between two things using "like or "as"

• A phrase that cannot be interpreted literally

• A comparison that states one thing is another.

• An extreme exaggeration

• giving the qualities of a person to something that is not a person

Poll

What is personification?

• A comparison between two things using "like or "as"

• A phrase that cannot be interpreted literally

• a comparison without “like” or “as”

• An extreme exaggeration

• giving the qualities of a person to something that is not a person

Poll

What is hyperbole?

• A comparison between two things using "like or "as"

• A phrase that cannot be interpreted literally

• a comparison without “like” or “as”

• An extreme exaggeration

• giving the qualities of a person to something that is not a person

Poll

What is an oxymoron?

• A comparison between two things using "like or "as"

• A phrase that cannot be interpreted literally

• a comparison without “like” or “as”

• two opposites that create a new meaning

• giving the qualities of a person to something that is not a person

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is in the following example?

"I was as trapped as a roach under a dishrag."

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Simile

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is in the following example?

"I felt like I was at the bottom of a well that someone had filled with thick pudding."

• Idiom

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is in the following example?

"There were a million men and boys running around."

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

Multiple Select

Comic Relief: Who is the figure in this meme?

• The president during The Great Depression

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• The creator of The New Deal

• A New York Resident

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is in the following example?

"We are all in the same boat."

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Idiom

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is in the following example?

"This was the best news I'd heard all day. My face nearly split in half with a smile."

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Idiom

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is in the following example?

"You're alright little man. You're a tough little nut, I like that."

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is in the following example?

"I let my nose lead me down to where the smell of toast and pancakes was coming from."

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Multiple Select

What type of figurative language is in the following example?

"My Momma says that these kids on the road are blowing around like dust in the wind."

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom