Figurative practice

What is a simile?

• A comparison without using "like" or "as"

• Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a word

• An exaggeration

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

Which is an example of a metaphor?

• She was as tall as a giraffe.

• The classroom is a zoo.

• Break a leg!

• Giver her a hand!

Choose the best simile definition:

• Comparing two objects and saying one IS another
• Showing happiness in poetry
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• Comparing 2 objects using "like" or "as"

Choose the best onomatopoeia definition:

• Repeating the beginning sounds in words
• A word that imitates the sound it repeats
• An over-exaggeration
• Phrase meaning is different from literal expression

Choose the best hyperbole definition...

• Gives human characteristics to non-human things
• Meaning of phrase is different from its literal meaning
• Use of descriptive words calling on any of the 5 senses
• An over-exaggeration

Choose the best idiom definition...

• An over-exaggeration
• Gives human characteristics to non-human things
• Phrase meaning is different from its literal expression
• Use of descriptive words

My hair is a vast forest of climbing vines is an example of...

• idiom
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile

Dogs dodge dancing dandelions is an example of...

• alliteration
• simile
• personification
• idiom

When I saw my baseball break the window, I ran away like a chicken is an example of...

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile
• personification

The best friends are two peas in a pod is an example of...

• personification
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile