Figurative Language

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What is a simile? You can right click on the blue buttons to change the words. Keep in mind that Choice A is the correct answer and Choice B is the wrong answer. You can move them around on the slide (so the right answer is not always on the right), but be sure that when you show the quiz, that the buttons go to the right place. A. A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as B. A comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as Choice A Choice B

 You are correct! A simile compares two unlike things using the words like or as. Example: When the telephone rang, Cindy shot out of her chair like a cannon.

What is a metaphor? You can right click on the blue buttons to change the words. Keep in mind that Choice A is the correct answer and Choice B is the wrong answer. You can move them around on the slide (so the right answer is not always on the right), but be sure that when you show the quiz, that the buttons go to the right place. A. A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as B. A comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as Choice A Choice B

 You are correct! A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as. Example: We would have had more pizza to eat if Tammy hadn’t been such a hog.

What is alliteration? You can right click on the blue buttons to change the words. Keep in mind that Choice A is the correct answer and Choice B is the wrong answer. You can move them around on the slide (so the right answer is not always on the right), but be sure that when you show the quiz, that the buttons go to the right place. A. states that one thing is something else, without using like or as B. the repetition of the initial consonant sounds in 2 or more neighboring words Choice A Choice B

You are correct! Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant sounds in 2 or more neighboring words. Example: Sam saw Sue sneak a sandwich.

What is an idiom? You can right click on the blue buttons to change the words. Keep in mind that Choice A is the correct answer and Choice B is the wrong answer. You can move them around on the slide (so the right answer is not always on the right), but be sure that when you show the quiz, that the buttons go to the right place. A. an expression whose meaning does not follow the meaning of the individual words of which it is composed B. deliberate exaggeration as a figure of speech Choice A Choice B

 You are correct! • An idiom is an expression whose meaning does not follow the meaning of the individual words of which it is composed. • Example: At the end of the marking period, the student was hanging on by a thread to keep an A in the class.

What is hyperbole? You can right click on the blue buttons to change the words. Keep in mind that Choice A is the correct answer and Choice B is the wrong answer. You can move them around on the slide (so the right answer is not always on the right), but be sure that when you show the quiz, that the buttons go to the right place. A. deliberate exaggeration as a figure of speech B. a comparison using like or as Choice A Choice B

 You are correct! A hyperbole is deliberate exaggeration as a figure of speech. Example: My mother’s lecture on good manners lasted a whole year.

What is personification? You can right click on the blue buttons to change the words. Keep in mind that Choice A is the correct answer and Choice B is the wrong answer. You can move them around on the slide (so the right answer is not always on the right), but be sure that when you show the quiz, that the buttons go to the right place. • an expression whose meaning does not follow the meaning of the individual words of which it is composed • giving human characteristics, feelings, or action to inanimate objects Choice A Choice B

 You are correct! Personification is giving human characteristics, feelings, or action to inanimate objects. Example: The sheets danced in the wind as they dried.

Let’s Practice! #1 Which of the following is a simile? • She had a heart-shaped face. • Her hair was as black as coal. Choice A Choice B

Let’s Practice! #2 Which of the following is a simile? • When my hair got damp, it hung limp as a dead cat. • This room is a pigpen. Choice A Choice B

Let’s Practice! #3 Which of the following is a metaphor? • The skies cried great drops of tears. • Her emerald eyes were beautiful. Choice A Choice B

Let’s Practice! #4 Which of the following is a metaphor? • The words were a lightning bolt. • I felt like a wind-up toy going in crazy circles. Choice A Choice B

Let’s Practice! #5 Which of the following contains alliteration? • My baby brother, Bob, borrowed my blue balloon. • My mixed up emotions were eating me alive. Choice A Choice B

Let’s Practice! #6 Which of the following contains alliteration? A. The jersey was about 14 sizes too big for her. B. Howdy Highpockets handed Harry a horse. Choice A Choice B

Let’s Practice! #7 Which of the following is an example of hyperbole? • That woman is wearing six pounds of make-up. • The teacher seems to have eyes in the back of her head. Choice A Choice B

Let’s Practice! #8 Which of the following is an example of hyperbole? • Our jackets became ten-pound weights on my arms. • I’m on cloud nine. Choice A Choice B

Let’s Practice! #9 Which sentence is an example of personification? • That was probably the longest meal of my life. • The china danced on the shelves during the earthquake. Choice A Choice B

Let’s Practice! #10 Which sentence is an example of personification? • I was so annoyed by my brother that I told him to go fly a kite. • The old car choked and sputtered down the street until it died. Choice A Choice B

Let’s Practice! #11 Which sentence contains an idiom? • I’m starved. • At the end of the marking period, the student was hanging on by a thread to keep an A in the class. Choice A Choice B

Let’s Practice! #12 Which sentence contains an idiom? • My mom turned 40 last week, so we kept telling her she was over the hill. • If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million times, bring a pencil to class. Choice A Choice B

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Figurative Language