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Worksheet time: 13mins
What is a Metaphor?
Like a simile but instead of using like or as, it compares two things but suggesting that something is something else.
When a word makes the sound of the thing it decribes
When exaggeration is used for effect.
A commonly used expression whose meaning does no relate to a literal meaning of it's words.
What is a Simile?
Giving objects human characteristics
When a word makes the sound of the thing it describes.
A sentence using "like" or "as" to compare things.
Words in a sentence that begin with the same letter.
What is an Idiom?
Compares two things by suggesting that something is something else.
An expression whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its words.
When exaggeration is used for effect.
Using 'like' or 'as' to compare two objects.
What is a Hyperbole?
When a word make a sound of the thing it describes.
Gives an object human characteristics.
Compares two things by suggesting that something is something else.
When exaggeration is used for effect.
What is Alliteration?
A commonly used expression whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its words.
Where words in a sentence begin with the same sound.
When a word makes the sound of the thing it describes.
Using the words 'like' or 'as' to compare two objects.
What is Personification?
Gives an object human characteristics.
When an exaggeration is used for effect.
When a word makes the sound of the thing it describes.
Compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.
Zany zebras zigzagged through the zoo.
Personification
Metaphor
Alliteration
Simile
I had to read a book that was a million pages long!
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Hyperbole
That exam was a piece of cake.
Hyperbole
Idiom
Metephor
Personification
The road was a ribbon of moonlight.
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Hyperbole
The alarm clock was loud in the morning. BEEP!
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
The hot sun smiled down on us.
Metaphor
Idiom
Personification
Alliteration
Mary could swim like a fish.
Idiom
Hyperbole
Simile
Alliteration
Peter Piper Picked a Pack of Pickles Peppers.
Personification
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
The movie was 1,000 days long!
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Idiom
The race was a piece of cake.
Idiom
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
The stormy ocean was a raging bull.
Personification
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
The door slammed shut, BOOM!
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
The wind tickled my skin.
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Simile
JeffyBob could run as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Idiom
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Alliteration
The test was a year long.
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Metaphor
The cactus pinched my skin.
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
Metaphor
Bobbyjeff was as slow as a turtle.
Simile
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Betty bought butter, but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to fix the bitter butter.
Personification
onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Alliteration
