Figurative Language

What is a simile?

• comparison using "like" or "as"

• comparison without using like or as

• descriptive words that put pictures in your head

• giving human traits to something that is not human

What is personification

• comparison without using like or as

• giving something not human, human characteristics

• something that stands for something else

• a word that represents a noise

What is a theme?

• comparison using like or as

• the main idea of the story

• something the author wants you to take away

• something that can be found throughout a whole story

What is symbolism?

• something that represents something else

• descriptive words that puts images in a reader's head

• a word that sounds like the noise

• something the author wants you to take away

What is imagery?

• contrast of two things

• reference to some famous or historical event

• it's the same thing as theme

• a painting

• using descriptive words that allows the reader to see pictures in their head

They fought like cats and dogs is an example of what?

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

• symbolism

The golden leaves danced and fluttered in the autumn breeze. This is an example of...

• symbolism

• metaphor

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

The snow is a white blanket is an example of what?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• theme

The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky is an example of what?

• theme

• personification

• simile

• symbolism

People risk their own identity to find love. This could be an example of....

• theme

• symbolism

• juxtaposition

• personification