Figurative Language for ELLs

A comparison using "like" or "as."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Fruity Pebbles

A comparison NOT using "like" or "as."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Jaws

"The class went on forever. The clock was laughing at me." This is an example of...

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• Broccoli

Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration?

• Krispy Kreme

• She sells sea shells by the seashore

• Purple people eater

• English class will help me communicate.

Onomatopoeia is...

• A word that sounds like the sound it represents

• Exaggeration for effect

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the start of adjacent words

• Bananas

Alliteration is...

• Giving non human objects human characteristics

• Repetition of sounds at the start of words

• Exaggeration for effect

• A comparison using like or as

What is an Idiom?

• It is a common phrase that has a different meaning than what it says

• A comparison without using like or as

• Repetition of sounds at the start of words.

• A loud monkey that lives in the jungle.

"That's a piece of cake!" is an example of an:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Oxymoron

Choose the word that is NOT an example of onomatopoeia.

• Pop

• Study

• Crackle

• Swoosh

Hyperbole is:

• Giving non human objects human traits

• Extreme exaggeration for effect

• A word that sounds like the sound it represents

• A city in Holland