Figurative Language

A metaphor.....

• gives human qualities to non-human things

• a comparison using like or as

• a comparison using is or was

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• He's as lazy as a dog.

• My dad won't go hiking, he is a couch potato!

• She was as cold as ice.

• Her eyes shone like stars in the night

The darkness was a blanket that both smothered and comforted.

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

A metaphor is the opposite of a synonym

• True

• False

Which is the definition of an idiom?

• giving human characteristics to non-living things.

• using "like" or "as" to compare two things.

• comparing two things without using "like" or "as".

• phrases that people use in everyday language that do not make sense literally but we understand what they mean.

The following are example of what type of figurative language?

- let the cat out of the bag

- play it by ear

- money talks

-cat got your tongue

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

• simile

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• The sun glistened, turning the lake into a pot of honey.

• The pond is beautiful

• The pond was as cold as ice

• The sun shone on the smooth surface of the pond.

Which of the following lines contains an example of onomatopoeia?

• He's nibbling the noodles.

• He's licking the ice.

• And he lets out a roar.

• And it gives me a scare.

Boom! Whack! Pow! These are examples of what figurative language?

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper is an example of what figurative language...

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

• onomatopoeia