Figurative Language

Tell if this phrase is a simile or metaphor and explain why.

The calm lake is a mirror.

Describe the literal mean of the following phrase:

Time flies when you are having fun.

Tell if this phrase is a simile or metaphor and explain why.

She is as pretty as a flower.

When something that isn't human is given human characteristics.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Personification is...

• a comparison using "like" or "as"

• words that make a sound

• making a comparison

• giving human characteristics to a non-human thing

Which sentences includes a hyperbole?

• My hair is as messy as a hurricane.

• My backpack weighs a ton!

• Dean drank dozens of drinks.

• The stars winked at me from the sky.

The brown grass was begging for water.

• Idiom

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

An example of a simile is...

• She shines brighter than the sun

• His teeth are as white as snow

• "Crunch!" I stepped on my crackers :(

• It's raining cats and dogs

"She cried so long her bedroom flooded with tears" is an examples of...

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

An onomatopoeia is...

• a word that makes a sound

• an extreme exaggeration

• a phrase that means something else, non literal

• comparing two things