Figurative Language

_____a figure of speech in which two a things are compared, NOT using like or as 

• Simile 
• Metaphor 
• Personification 

A figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to animals, plants, objects and ideas. 
Example: The moon followed me through the night. 

• Poetry 
• Simile 
• Personification 

Mrs. Woodrome whistles while she works well. 
This is figure of speech is _____ 

• Rhyme 
• Alphabet 
• Alliteration 

I am so hungry I could eat a cow. 
This figure of speech is _____.

• Hyperbole 
• Simile 
• Rhyme 

Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it..
Example: Crash! 

• Alliteration 
• Onomatopoeia
• Metaphor 

What is a metaphor?

• Comparing two things in a text
• Comparing two things using like and as
• An over exaggeration 
• Comparing two things without using like and as

What is a hyperbole?

• An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally. 
• Telling the truth
• Comparing a rock to a island
• Break a leg

The pie was so tough I needed an ax to cut it.

• hyperbole
• personification
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

"The city was a jungle" is an example of what?

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Don't be a stick in the mud! 

• idiom
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor