Identifying Figurative Language- Independent

Identify the figurative language: 'Her smile was as bright as the sun.'

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What is Hyperbole?

• A type of metaphor.

• An extreme exaggeration.

• A literary device that uses understatement.

• A form of simile.

What is a Metaphor?

• A type of simile that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.

• A comparison of two things, saying that one thing IS or WAS another thing.

• A figure of speech that exaggerates for emphasis.

• A statement that contradicts itself.

Identify the figurative language: 'I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.'

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Identify the figurative language: 'The teacher was a wise owl.'

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Identify the figurative language: 'The stars danced in the night sky.'

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What is a Simile?

• A type of metaphor that compares two unrelated things.

• A comparison of two things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

• A figure of speech that exaggerates for emphasis.

• A poetic device that uses rhythm and rhyme.

What is Alliteration?

• The repetition of the same beginning sound of words.

• The use of similar sounding words at the end of lines.

• A figure of speech that compares two different things.

• The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

Identify the figurative language: 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

What is Personification?

• Giving human characteristics to an object or animal.

• Describing an object using metaphors.

• Assigning animal traits to inanimate objects.

• Using human emotions to describe nature.