Figurative Language

Simile or Metaphor:
The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

What does this mean?
When my great uncles drives, he is as slow as a turtle. 

• very slow
• moves pretty quickly
• still beats everyone
• he's super fast

What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.
• She talks really loudly.
• She gets really angry. 
• She spits when she talks. 

A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

A comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing IS the other.

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

On the way up north to the cabin,
the sunshine sits in my lap all morning. 
This is an example of: 

• personification
• metaphor 
• simile

Only the moon watched as the girl ran away from home in the middle of the night.

• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Before he was allowed to go to the movies, he had to wash a million dishes by hand

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Simile

The eyes are a window to the soul; when she looked at him from across the room, she knew then that she was in love.

• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

What is Alliteration

• Big Exaggeration

• Giving something human qualities

• The repetition of consonant sounds