Figurative Language and Connotation

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This image is an example of a(n)

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Oxymoron

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Identify the correct definition for a METAPHOR

• Giving human-like qualities to non-human objects

• Comparing 2 objects using "like" or "as"

• A play on words

• Comparing 2 objects using a form of "IS"

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Identify the correct definition of PERSONIFICATION.

• To give human-like qualities to non-human objects

• Using exaggeration to prove a point

• A peculiar phrase that cannot be taken literally

• Comparing 2 objects using "like" or "as"

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Identify the figurative language technique that is used in the following sentence.

THE SOUND OF THE ALARM SCARED ME TO DEATH!

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Pun

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Which figurative language is the sentence below?
If I can't get a cell phone, I will die.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

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Which figurative language is the sentence below?
It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets.

• hyerbole

• personification

• simile

• idiom

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Which figurative language is the sentence below?
Why don't you just cut to the chase and tell me where you hid my phone. 

• idiom
• hypeerbole
• metaphor
• alliteration

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Which figurative language is the sentence below?
The wind howled in the night.

• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• simile
• personification

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Which figurative language is the sentence below?
The snow is a white blanket.

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration

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What is a metaphor?

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A comparison not using like or as
• Words that are sounds
• A comparison using like or as

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What is an idiom?

• A comparison not using like or as
• An exaggeration
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
• The same beginning sounds repeated

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What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound
• An exaggeration

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What is a hyperbole?

• An exaggeration
• A word that is a sound
• comparison without using like or as
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally

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Which is a comparison using like or as?

• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration
• idiom

Similes

compares two things using like or as

Metaphors

compares two things WITHOUT using like or as

Idioms

A group of words which mean something different from their original meaning.

Personification

Giving human qualities to something that is not human

Alliteration

Repeating the sounds at the beginning of words like Two Tall Towns

Onomatopoeia

Using words to mimic sounds

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'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of:

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

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'That test was a piece of cake!' is an example of:

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• idiom

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'Pop! The cork flew from the champagne bottle.' The word 'pop' is an example of:

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• hyperbole

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'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

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'Because I'm happy, clap along if you feel like a room without a roof...' is an example of:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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'Silly Sally swam so smoothly' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

• idiom

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The flame in the candle danced in the dark.

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile

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What is alliteration?

• A word in which the sound reflects is meaning.
  
• Repeating words or phrases
  
• Language that appeals to the five senses
• The repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Silly Sammy swam so smoothly' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

• idiom

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These shoes take 50 million years to put on.

• imagery
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

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What does this represent?

• Alliteration
• Dialect
• personification
• onomatopoeia

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What kind of figurative language is being used?
7th grade is a breeze for some people. For others, it's a giant hurricane.

• personification
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

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What kind of figurative language is being used?
The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

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"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

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What two words help you identify simile in a text?

• "as" and "like"

• "because" and "why"

• "cause" and "effect"

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My grandma is as sweet as sugar.

• she is very nice
• she wears sweet perfume
• she likes to bake sweets
• she loves CHOCOLATE!

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“That you were Romeo

you were throwing pebbles

And my daddy said,

‘Stay away from Juliet’”

--“Love Story” by Taylor Swift

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Verbal Irony

• Personification

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What is connotation?

• the feelings associated with a word

• the dictionary definition of a word

• how a word is spelled

• how a word is pronounced

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What is denotation?

• the feelings associated with a word

• the dictionary definition of a word

• the way a word is spelled

• the way a word is pronounced

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Read the following sentence.

The rural poor did not have access to the best land. What they were left with was cold weather, hilly and unforgiving farmland, and hunger.

What is the definition of the word "unforgiving" as is it used in the selection above?

• harsh

• hateful

• insensitive

• insulting

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Read the following sentence.

The rural poor did not have access to the best land. What they were left with was cold weather, hilly and unforgiving farmland, and hunger.

What is the definition of the word "unforgiving" as is it used in the selection above?

• harsh

• hateful

• insensitive

• insulting

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Select ALL that are metaphors.

• life is a highway

• the world is a stage

• you are my sunshine

• as quick as lightning

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What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.
• I own an expensive camera.
• Photos of me are always really good. 
• I like to visit art museums.

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What does the metaphor tell you about the coffee shop?

"The coffee shop is an ice box!"

• The coffee shop has an ice box in the back room.

• The coffee shop is really cold.

• This coffee shop serves iced coffee.

• The coffee shop is an igloo.

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Click the picture and read the short poem. This is an example of...

• metaphor

• paradox

• allusion

• idiom

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Which sentence uses personification?

• The woman looked as if she were 1,000 years old.

• The fire hungrily ate the house.

• Where's the wicked cat?

• The tiger purred like my cat.

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It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.

• hyperbole

• assonance

• alliteration

• jusxtaposition

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What's the meaning of this simile?

"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.

• She talks really loudly.

• She gets really angry.

• She spits when she talks.