Figurative language 2

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English

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4th Grade

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L.4.5, L.4.5A, L.3.5A

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Bethany Smith

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Onomatopoeia

The use of a word to make a sound.

Examples: oink, boom, pop, fizz, quack

Authors use onomatopoeias to make their writing more interesting!

Multiple Choice

An onomatopoeia is also known as what?

An action word

A descriptive word

A sound word

A statement

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.

The cars crashed into each other.

crashed

cars

each

other

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.

croak

Mrs. Davis

frogs

pond

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.

I love the swish of the basketball net.

basketball

swish

onomatopoeia

net

Simile

Compares 2 things using the words "like" or "as"

Example: She is as tall as a giraffe.

Metaphors

Compares 2 things by saying something is something else.

Example: My father is a bear in the morning.

Multiple Choice

The computers at school are old dinosaurs.

metaphor

simile

Multiple Choice

He is as sly as a fox.

simile

metaphor

Multiple Choice

The snow is a white blanket.

simile

metaphor

Multiple Choice

He is as strong as an ox.

simile

metaphor

Multiple Choice

The class was a zoo.

simile

metaphor

Multiple Choice

He is a shining star.

simile

metaphor

Personification

Personification is when you assign the qualities of a person to something that isn't human or to something that isn't even alive.

There are many reasons for using personification…

It can be used as a way of describing something so that others can understand better.
It can be used to emphasize a point and “dress-up” writing by making it more playful and fun.

Poll

That costly gift grew arms and legs and walked away because I can’t find it anyplace.

grew arms and legs

walked away

I can'd find it anyplace

That costly gift

Poll

The lights danced on the beautifully embellished house.

lights danced

beautifully

embellished house

Poll

The wind whispered and the snow quietly fell to the ground.

The wind whispered

snow quietly fell

to the ground

Multiple Choice

My computer growled at me when I hit the wrong button .

computer

growled

button

Multiple Choice

Hot flames from the fire licked my hands as I put on another log.

flames

hands

licked

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of alliteration?

The two girls played loudly at the park.

The glamorous girls gave autographs to the giddy guests.

A storm in a teacup

Definition : a situation in which people are very angry or upset about something that is not important
Example of Use : Amy said " Don't worry. It's just a storm in a teacup, everyone will have forgotten about it by tomorrow." to Joe.

Play with fire

Definition : to do something that could cause you trouble later:
Example of Use : You're playing with fire if you try to cheat on the test.

Multiple Choice

Match the idiom with its real like meaning.

'I have a heart of gold' means

I am lazy.

I went crazy.

I am scared to do something.

I am kind.

Multiple Choice

Match the idiom with its real like meaning.

'I opened a can of worms' means

I went crazy.

I am scared to do something.

I want to ask you a question.

I started some trouble.

Multiple Choice

Match the idiom with its real like meaning.

'I am a couch potato' means

I went crazy.

I am kind.

I am lazy.

I should focus.

Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds in consecutive or nearby words
example
They roam the lonesome roads, never to go home.

Multiple Select

WHAT ARE THE FIVE TYPES OF SENSORY LANGUAGE

SIGHT, TOUCH, FEEL, SMELL, TASTE

READING, WRITING, PLAYING, SLEEPING, EXCITED

Multiple Choice

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO VISUALIZE?

TO ADD MORE DESCRIPTIVE WORDS TO YOUR STORY

TO CREATE A PICTURE IN YOUR MIND

TO HELP YOU READ BETTER

Multiple Choice

1.) Which sentence from the story contains descriptions that appeal most to the reader’s sense of touch?

Amos stood on the head of one of the elephants yelling instructions.

From the top of the cliff he watched Boris spout twice and disappear

Hitting the water hurt.

Amos rushed near Boris

Onomatopoeia

The use of a word to make a sound.

Examples: oink, boom, pop, fizz, quack

Authors use onomatopoeias to make their writing more interesting!

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