Figurative Language

Which of these sentences include similes

• I ran as fast as a cheetah when I was being Kidnapped

• I was a a gazelle galloping through the garden.

• An outfit yelled out to me, "Pick Me, Pick me!" as I was looking for something to wear

• The test was a piece of cake!

A simile compares to things without using like or as

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is this sentence: Her Heart is Gold.

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

What is an example of a hyperbole

• My backpack is very heavy.

• I have a mountain on my back!

• My bag weighs a ton!

• My bag is as heavy as heavy as a mountain!

Annie ate apples at an alarming rate. This is a hyperbole because...

• Because it overegaudurates

• This is not a hyperbole this is an alliteration.

• It is a hyperbole It uses the words like or as

• This is a hyperbole because of the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

True or false: A metaphor is a comparison in which one thing is said to be another

• True

• False

• Make sure you know this it is very important!

• very very important!!

What is sensory detail?

• sensory detail include sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.

• Sensory detail is where word suggest there meaning

• Sensory detail is a comparison of two things using like or as

After we won the soccer game we felt like we were on cloud 9! What is the idiom in the text

• soccer game

• were on cloud

• Won the soccer game

• Cloud 9

What is an idiom

• The repetitive use of the same initial constant sound

• A comparison of two things using like or as

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

• A group of words whose meaning is not understood from their literal meaning