Figurative Language Notes

Figurative Language Notes



You will need to write notes per table slide. After each table slide you will complete a matching practice, followed by a short quiz to review the concepts covered.

​metafora



Personicacion




Hiperbole

​exageracion

Match

Match the following examples from song lyrics to the type of figurative language it is.

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Match

Match the following examples to the type of figurative language it is.

Idiom

Oxymoron

Allusion

Irony

• Idiom

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

• Irony

Match

Match the following examples to the type of figurative language it is.

• The drip of the faucet went on all night

• When it's going good, it's going great.

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Symbolism

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Symbolism

Quiz Review

Multiple Choice

"Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

Multiple Choice

His song caused Sierra to swoon as slowly the snow silently fell upon her fevered forehead.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Irony

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• His hair is flame red

• Like a flame, his hair is red

• In the sunlight, his hair is flame

• His hair is red as a flame

Multiple Choice

the moon won't come out to play

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• imagery

Multiple Choice

Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasize an idea and make a point.

• To be grammatically correct.
• To structure their writing into paragraphs.
• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 

Multiple Choice

He is one tough cookie.

• He eats a lot of cookies
• He likes cookies
• He works hard

Multiple Choice

Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Personification

Multiple Choice

Chirp, meow, boom, zap, pow!

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

What is this an example of? I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

What is this an example of? The snow is a white blanket.

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language are these song lyrics? "Boom clap / The sound of my heart / the beat goes on and on and on and on and / Boom clap"

- Song Title/Artist: "Boom Clap" by Charlie XCX

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Multiple Choice

“Do you ever feel like a plastic bag / Drifting through the wind…/ Do you know that there’s still a chance for you / ‘Cause there’s a spark in you… /"
                - "Firework" by Katy Perry

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

"I'd catch a grenade for ya."

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Personification