Figurative Language

The repetition of sound is called...

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Mood

The feeling that a poem creates is called...

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Mood

A simile is a comparison using like or as.

Which sentence is a simile?

• It's raining cats and dogs.

• He is as tall as a tree.

• I am so hungry I can eat a horse.

The definition of imagery is...

• the repetition of sounds

• a comparison using like or as

• Words and phrases that appeals to the five senses

Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates a sound.

Check all of the answers that are an example of Onomatopoeia.

• Boom!

• Orange

• Woof!

• Crash!

A symbol is...

• something that represents something else

• a comparison that doesn't use like or as

• giving human traits to non-human things

A personification gives human traits to non-human things.

Check all of the examples of personification below.

• The branches danced in the wind.

• Sally sold seashells by the seashore.

• The horse's hooves, clapped, clattered, and clanged.

• The stapler attacked my finger.

A metaphor is...

• a word that imitates a sound

• words and phrases that appeal to the five senses.

• a comparison that does NOT use like or as

Hyperbole is...

• the feeling that a poem creates

• an intentional exaggeration

• the repetition of sounds

How well do you understand figurative language?

• I could teach figurative language to a friend.

• I still need some practice.

• HELP! I don't understand figurative language!!