Academic Support Figurative Language

Figurative Language

Simile

• compares to things that are unalike using like or as

• EX: They were as happy as a dog camping

Alliteration

• the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

• EX: Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkyIiSN8eKg

Onomatopoeia

naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it

Personification

• giving an inanimate object human qualities

• EX: The stars danced in the sky

Hyperbole

an outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point

Multiple Choice

A simile is what?

• A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".

• A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another.

• Expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite.

Multiple Choice

An obviously exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally is:

• Imagery

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

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The comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another is a(n):

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

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Simile

• A pleasant-sounding word used to describe something of a delicate nature.

• The total opposite of an object or person.

• Compares two unlike things using like or as.

• Compares two unlike things without using like or as.

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Metaphor

• A pleasant-sounding word used to describe something of a delicate nature.

• The total opposite of an object or person.

• Compares two unlike things using like or as.

• Compares two unlike things without using like or as.

Multiple Choice

Personification

• A nonhuman subject is given human qualities.

• A brief indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.

• Repeating a consonant sound throughout a line of work.

• Repeating a vowel sound throughout a line of work.

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Alliteration

• A nonhuman subject is given human qualities.

• A brief indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.

• Repeating a consonant sound throughout a line of work.

• Repeating a vowel sound throughout a line of work.

Multiple Choice

Hyperbole

• An exaggeration or overstatement.

• Deliberately make a situation seem less important or serious.

• An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning.

• A comparison between 2 or more things that are similar in some ways but otherwise different.

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Idiom

• An exaggeration or overstatement.

• Deliberately make a situation seem less important or serious.

• An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning.

• A comparison between 2 or more things that are similar in some ways but otherwise different.

Match

Match the following words and definitions

• Methaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Two unlike things being compared

Two unlike things being compared using like or as

An exaggeration that can not possibly be true

• Two unlike things being compared

• Two unlike things being compared using like or as

• An exaggeration that can not possibly be true

Match

Match the following words and examples

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Ms. Taylor is a ray of sunshine

Ms. Taylor is like a ray of sunshine

Ms. Taylor makes me a million times more happy

• Ms. Taylor is a ray of sunshine

• Ms. Taylor is like a ray of sunshine

• Ms. Taylor makes me a million times more happy

Multiple Choice

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Refrain

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"

• Simile

• Refrain

• Personification

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Multiple Choice

What does this metaphor mean?

"The words flew off the page."

• The ink came off the paper.

• The words became birds.

• Someone is reading very quickly.

• Someone is reading about things that fly.

Multiple Choice

This is a ...

• metaphor
• simile
• rhyme
• homophone

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a simile?

• She is a smart cookie.
• The cow goes MOOO!
• He is a fast as lightning.
• Red fish, blue fish

Multiple Choice

This is a...

• metaphor
• simile
• rhyme
• poem

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a hyperbole?

• She is as pretty as a flower.
• She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.
• She is a beautiful flower.
• She is very pretty.

Multiple Choice

The smoke is as black as night

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Multiple Choice

The man is a brave lion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Multiple Choice

What example of figurative language is represented in the quote below?

“Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.”

-A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Imagery

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The pencil danced across the paper.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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Life is like a box of chocolates.

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

Multiple Choice

It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets!

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

Tommy is a bull in a china shop.

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Gabby gulped down the Mountain Dew.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Sally sold seashells by the seashore.

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

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He told the actors to "break a leg" for good luck before the play began.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metophor

• simile

Match

Match the following:

• Giving human qualities to non-humans like animal or objects

• Comparison WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

• A weird expression that means something other than what it actually says

• the repetition of the same beginning sound

• an exaggeration

personification

metaphor

idiom

alliteration

hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Open Ended

Write a sentence using personification.

Metaphor

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Idiom

• Definition- An idiom is a phrase or expression that is not meant to be taken literally, but is used to exaggerate a point.

• Example- It's raining cats and dogs.

Multiple Choice

I played Fortnite until my fingers fell off!

• Idiom

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

He slept like a log.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

It's raining cats and dogs.

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Idiom

• Simile

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Chirp, meow, boom, zap, pow!

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

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My keys grew legs and ran away!

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor