Figurative Language

Similes - comparing 2 nouns (person, place, or thing) that are unlike, with "like" or "as"

Do you know your similes?

Metaphors - using 2 nouns and compare or contrast them to one another, not using "like" or "as"

Do you know your metaphors?

Onomatopoeia - the use of words that sound like the noises they describe

The Sound Monster Game

Personification - giving an animal, object, or idea human qualities, such as the ability to hear, feel, talk, and make decisions

Simile, Metaphor, Personification Jeopardy

Alliteration - the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginnings of several words of a line of poetry or a sentence

Wizards and Pigs

Hyperbole - usually a group of words which make an exaggeration which is not meant to be taken seriously

Rags to Riches: Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole

Irony - technique that uses the unexpected; when the opposite of what is expected is used

Idioms - well known expression that does not mean what is literally said

Paint by Idioms

Extras:

Quiz - Simile, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Alliteration, Hyperbole

Time for Kid - Figurative Language

Figurative Language in Movies