Review Figurative Language

Review Figurative Langauge

The use of sound words to help create a connection to the text (sense of sound)

Onomatopoeia

Multiple Select

Which sentence(s) contain onomatopoeia?

• The horse's whinny startled me during the quiet walk.

• The blaring alarm clock had me jumping out of bed.

• The bang of the car crash was so loud I could hear it in the house.

• The waves crashed on the sand during the angry storm.

Referencing something famous or well known as a comparison

Allusion

Allusions may be new to you here are some other resources that may help!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUMOmBxC3Cg&t=11s

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Extra Allusion Examples

Multiple Choice

Which sentence does not contain an example of allusion?

• Sally had a smile rivaled only by the Mona Lisa.

• Stop trying to save everyone! You're not Super Woman.

• Listening to my mom talk is like listenin to my teacher.

• The lush island was a garden of Eden.

Watch the Edpuzzle to review different types of figurative language.

Click the correct link:

• 3rd Period

• 4th Period

EdPuzzle Video:

Were you paying attention?

Now that you have had a refresher, let's see how much you were paying attention - complete the questions from the video in the next slides.

Multiple Choice

"You are the dew on the morning grass and the burning wheel of the sun."

• understatement

• hyperbole

• analogy

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

"A hot wind was blowing around my head, the strands of my hair lifting and swirling in it, like ink in spilled water."

• metaphor

• analogy

• simile

• irony

Multiple Choice

"Long live the rose that grew from concrete

When no one else even cared!"

• metaphor

• personification

• understatement

• analogy

Multiple Choice

"The roof might fly off, the walls might buckle from the pressure of his rage."

• irony

• hyperbole

• understatement

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

Romeo: "What, art thou hurt?"

Mercutio: "Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch."

(After being stabbed)

• hyperbole

• personification

• analogy

• understatement

Multiple Choice

"Ten thousand saw I at a glance

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance."

• idiom

• analogy

• personification

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

"If you want my opinion on the mystery of life and all that, I can give it to you in a nutshell. The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up and safe."

• simile

• analogy

• metaphor

• idiom

Multiple Choice

"I can resist everything, except temptation."

• irony

• idiom

• analogy

• understatement

Multiple Choice

"I heard it through the grapevine."

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• irony