Figurative language Term 4

Open Ended

What does the following simile mean?

"That explanation was as clear as mud."

"Esa explicación fue tan clara como el barro"

Open Ended

Create your own example of a simile. (Compare two things using "like" or "as".)

Open Ended

What does the following metaphor mean?

"Laughter is the best medicine."

"La risa es la mejor medicina."

Open Ended

Create your own example of a metaphor. (Compare two things without using "like" or "as".)

Open Ended

Describe a non-living object using personification

Open Ended

What does the following example of personification mean? 

"My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning."

"Mi despertador me grita que me levante de la cama todas las mañanas."

Open Ended

Write a sentence that includes onomatopoeia. (Use words to describe sounds.)

Open Ended

Write a sentence describing something using imagery.

Multiple Choice

Which figurative language makes a comparison between two unlike things?
"Mary is a couch potato at the moment."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Oxymoron

Multiple Choice

Which figurative compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?
"You look as white as a ghost."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Which figurative language gives human characteristics to a non-human thing or animal?
"The chocolate ice cream is calling my name."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

Which figure of speech combines apparently contradictory terms?
"That is a jumbo shrimp."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Which figure of speech is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point?
"I’ve seen this movie a million times."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

Which figure of speech imitates sounds associated with objects or actions?
"The cat meowed loudly."
OR
"There it was. Plop. Plop. Plop."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

What is the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words?
"Sally sells seashells by the sea shore."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Allusion

Multiple Choice

Which figurative language makes a brief indirect reference to something of historical or cultural significance?
"Even though he is only 5 years old, he is quite the little Einstein."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Personification

Multiple Choice

Which figurative language is a saying that has its own meaning and cannot be understood easily?
"It's raining cats and dogs outside."

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

Descriptive language that creates a picture in your mind is

• imagery
• personification
• simile
• metaphor