Analyze Figurative Language in Context

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This image is an example of a(n)

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Oxymoron

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Identify the correct definition for a METAPHOR

Giving human-like qualities to non-human objects

Comparing 2 objects using "like" or "as"

A play on words

Comparing 2 objects using a form of "IS"

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Identify the correct definition of PERSONIFICATION.

To give human-like qualities to non-human objects

Using exaggeration to prove a point

A peculiar phrase that cannot be taken literally

Comparing 2 objects using "like" or "as"

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Identify the figurative language technique that is used in the following sentence.

THE SOUND OF THE ALARM SCARED ME TO DEATH!

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Hyperbole

Pun

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Which figurative language is the sentence below?
If I can't get a cell phone, I will die.

hyperbole

alliteration

onomatopoeia

simile

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Which figurative language is the sentence below?
It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets.

hyerbole

personification

simile

idiom

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Which figurative language is the sentence below?
Why don't you just cut to the chase and tell me where you hid my phone.

idiom

hypeerbole

metaphor

alliteration

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Which figurative language is the sentence below?
The wind howled in the night.

onomatopoeia

idiom

simile

personification

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Which figurative language is the sentence below?
The snow is a white blanket.

personification

simile

metaphor

alliteration

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What is a metaphor?

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

A comparison not using like or as

Words that are sounds

A comparison using like or as

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What is an idiom?

A comparison not using like or as

An exaggeration

A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally

The same beginning sounds repeated

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What is personification?

The same beginning sound repeated

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

A word that is a sound

An exaggeration

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What is a hyperbole?

An exaggeration

A word that is a sound

comparison without using like or as

A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally

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Which is a comparison using like or as?

metaphor

simile

alliteration

idiom

Similes

compares two things using like or as

Metaphors

compares two things WITHOUT using like or as

Idioms

A group of words which mean something different from their original meaning.

Personification

Giving human qualities to something that is not human

Alliteration

Repeating the sounds at the beginning of words like Two Tall Towns

Onomatopoeia

Using words to mimic sounds

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'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of:

metaphor

simile

hyperbole

personification

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'That test was a piece of cake!' is an example of:

personification

onomatopoeia

simile

idiom

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'Pop! The cork flew from the champagne bottle.' The word 'pop' is an example of:

personification

onomatopoeia

simile

hyperbole

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'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:

onomatopoeia

alliteration

simile

metaphor

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'Because I'm happy, clap along if you feel like a room without a roof...' is an example of:

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

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'Silly Sally swam so smoothly' is an example of:

onomatopoeia

metaphor

alliteration

idiom

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The flame in the candle danced in the dark.

hyperbole

onomatopoeia

personification

simile

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What is alliteration?

A word in which the sound reflects is meaning.

Repeating words or phrases

Language that appeals to the five senses

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

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These shoes take 50 million years to put on.

imagery

simile

personification

hyperbole

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What kind of figurative language is being used?
7th grade is a breeze for some people. For others, it's a giant hurricane.

personification

simile

onomatopoeia

metaphor

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What kind of figurative language is being used?
The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

personification

metaphor

simile

hyperbole

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"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Alliteration

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What two words help you identify simile in a text?

"as" and "like"

"because" and "why"

"cause" and "effect"

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My grandma is as sweet as sugar.

she is very nice

she wears sweet perfume

she likes to bake sweets

she loves CHOCOLATE!

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“That you were Romeo

you were throwing pebbles

And my daddy said,

‘Stay away from Juliet’”

--“Love Story” by Taylor Swift

Allusion

Hyperbole

Verbal Irony

Personification

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What is connotation?

the feelings associated with a word

the dictionary definition of a word

how a word is spelled

how a word is pronounced

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What is denotation?

the feelings associated with a word

the dictionary definition of a word

the way a word is spelled

the way a word is pronounced

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Read the following sentence.

The rural poor did not have access to the best land. What they were left with was cold weather, hilly and unforgiving farmland, and hunger.

What is the definition of the word "unforgiving" as is it used in the selection above?

harsh

hateful

insensitive

insulting

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What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

Photography is one of my hobbies.

I own an expensive camera.

Photos of me are always really good.

I like to visit art museums.

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What does the metaphor tell you about the coffee shop?

"The coffee shop is an ice box!"

The coffee shop has an ice box in the back room.

The coffee shop is really cold.

This coffee shop serves iced coffee.

The coffee shop is an igloo.

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Click the picture and read the short poem. This is an example of...

metaphor

paradox

allusion

idiom

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Which sentence uses personification?

The woman looked as if she were 1,000 years old.

The fire hungrily ate the house.

Where's the wicked cat?

The tiger purred like my cat.

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It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.

hyperbole

assonance

alliteration

jusxtaposition

This image is an example of a(n)

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Oxymoron

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