Flashcards To Learn Figurative Language
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Simile
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Comparing two unlike things using words such as "like" or "as" Example: They fought like cats and dogs!
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Metaphor
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Comparing two unlike things NOT using words such as "like" or "as" Example: The clouds are white cotton candy in the sky.
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Personification
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A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
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Oxymoron
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A figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms. Example: jumbo shrimp
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Hyperbole
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An overstatement or exaggeration
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Idiom
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An expression common to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of the words, and often has some real history behind the saying. Example: It's raining cats and dogs.
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Alliteration
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The same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words or syllables
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Onomatopoeia
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Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it.
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Cliche
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An overused expression or phrase. Example: Always look on the bright side.
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Figurative Language
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Words that create a picture in the reader's mind by using language that doesn't have its normal everyday meaning. It is used by the author to make their work more interesting or dramatic.
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Alliteration
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Which Figure of Speech is Used? The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we'll walk by.
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Cliche
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Which Figure of Speech is Used? No pain, no gain
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Hyperbole
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Which Figure of Speech is Used? They served us mile-high ice-cream cones after we won the game.
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Idiom
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Which Figure of Speech is Used? She sings at the top of her lungs.
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Metaphor
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Which Figure of Speech is Used? Her hair was silk.
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Personification
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Which Figure of Speech is Used? The stuffed bear smiled as the little boy hugged him close
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Simile
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Which Figure of Speech is Used? The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky
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Onomatopoeia
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Which Figure of Speech is Used? "Meow!"
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Oxymoron
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Which Figure of Speech is Used? The old car was pretty ugly.
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Onomatopoeia
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This is an example of which kind of figurative language? "It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped, And whirr when it stood still. I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will."
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Alliteration
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This is an example of which kind of figurative language? "The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea."
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Hyperbole
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This is an example of which kind of figurative language? "Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue. Late at night, it got so frigid that all spoken words froze solid afore they could be heard."
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Simile
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This is an example of which kind of figurative language? "I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills."
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Metaphor
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This is an example of which kind of figurative language? Love is a walk in the rain at night, Two hands, holding onto each other tight;
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Personification
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This is an example of which kind of figurative language? The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.
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Cliche
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This is an example of which kind of figurative language? The prince and the princess lived happily ever after.
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Idiom
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This is an example of which kind of figurative language? The car is ruined and that's too bad, but there's no use crying over spilled milk.
