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"Figurative language uses figures of speech (such as similes, metaphors and clichés) to suggest new pictures or images, or to create stronger effects." /www.wix.com, Oct 27, 2020.
" Figurative devices are certain words or phrases that add essence and clarity to poems and essays, and help paint a mental picture in the mind of the reader." by profound-answers.com March 1, 2021
What is Figurative Language?
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Multiple Choice
My backpack weighs a ton!
simile
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
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Multiple Choice
The evening melted away like a snowflake.
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
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Poll
A _____is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things and uses the words “like” or “as” and they are commonly used in everyday communication. A _______ is used with the aim of sparking an interesting connection in the reader’s mind.
simile
metaphor
pun
personification
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Multiple Choice
Slept like a log
Sly as a fox
Fits like a glove
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
personification
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"Similes allow writers to create imagery for readers through figurative language that might otherwise be limited by just descriptive language."
"It is a statement that demonstrates similarities between two people or things."
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Multiple Select
Examples of similes:
The boy was as brave as a lion in the jungle.
The new teacher is as tall as a giraffe.
The new neighbor is as curious as a cat; nothing escapes her attention.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
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Sibilance in Shakespeare's Hamlet
Some text here about the topic of discussion
Replace this text with your body text.
Duplicate this text as many times as you would like.
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Poll
I don't wanna meet your kin
Make you spin or do you in
Or select you, or dissect you
Or inspect you, or reject you...
sibilance
simile
hyperbole
pun
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Fill in the Blanks
Type answer...
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Multiple Select
Effects of alliteration:
It can create a rhythm when reading something aloud.
It can make particular words or phrases memorable and catchy.
It can help to focus the reader's attention on a particular section or phrase.
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Multiple Choice
Bob brought the box of bricks to the basement.
pun
simile
alliteration
personification
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Multiple Choice
All those moments will be lost in time, like… tears in rain. (Blade Runner)
personification
sibilance
simile
allitiration
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Multiple Choice
"Double, double, toil and trouble."
simile
pun
alliteration
sibilance
"Figurative language uses figures of speech (such as similes, metaphors and clichés) to suggest new pictures or images, or to create stronger effects." /www.wix.com, Oct 27, 2020.
" Figurative devices are certain words or phrases that add essence and clarity to poems and essays, and help paint a mental picture in the mind of the reader." by profound-answers.com March 1, 2021
What is Figurative Language?
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