Figurative Language and Poetic Devices

Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.

• His room looked like a hurricane came through.

• A hurricane! AHHH!

• The hurricane screamed through the town.

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• A comparison without using "like" or "as"
• A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
• An extreme exaggeration

What is the definition of hyperbole?

• When a group of of words all start with the same sound.
• When words sound like what they mean.
• An extreme exaggeration 
• A comparison 

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.
• The trees danced in the wind.
• I waited in line for 10 years!
• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

What is this is an example of:

The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Descriptive words that appeal to the senses

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The repetition of two or more of the same beginning consonant sound close together

• simile
• imagery
• consonance
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The wind stood up and gave a shout"

• metaphor
• personification
• imagery
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"Blazing in gold and quenching in purple,"

• metaphor
• consonance
• imagery
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5