FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Phrase:
His heart was a block of ice.

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

This school is an asylum.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

An extreme exaggeration

• simile

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

Phrase:
His heart was a block of ice.

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

"You are like a ray of sunshine!" is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

What is a simile?

• A  comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as".
• Giving human characteristics to an animal, idea, or nonliving object.
• Words that imitate sounds.
• A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "is" or "was".

What is a metaphor?

• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.
• A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "is" or "was".
• Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language.

What is personification? 

• The use of words to imitate sounds.
• A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as".
• A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.
• Giving an animal, idea, or object human or "person-like" characteristics. 

What is Imagery?

• The use of words to imitate sounds.
• A figure of speech in which an animal, idea, or object is given human or "person-like" characteristics.
• Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language.
• A big exaggeration in order to make a point. 

What is onomatopoeia?

• The use of words that imitate sounds.
• A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as".
• Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language.
• A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.