Vocabulary 3/20/23

An extreme exaggeration

"I've told you to clean your room 10,000 times."

• simile

• metaphor

• literal

• hyperbole

comparing two unlike things using the words like or as

"His eyes were as blue as the sky."

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• exaggeration

comparing two unlike things WITHOUT using the words like or as

"She was a ray of sunshine."

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• literal

a saying or phrase that makes no sense at all

"It was raining cats and dogs."

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• category

a group of people or things that are similar in some way

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• category

ordinary or normal (usual) meaning of a word

• idiom

• category

• literal

• simile

a word or phrase that does not have its normal or literal meaning

• exaggeration

• literal language

• category

• figurative language

to present as larger or more important

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"

• exaggeration

• figurative language

• literal language

• explain

to make clear in speech or writing; show details

• exaggeration

• explain

• literal

• idiom

Is this a simile or a metaphor?

Mrs. Cook is as busy as a bee.