28 questions
What is a comparison between two unlike things using like or as?
metaphor
simile
imagery
cliché
What is onomatopoeia?
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
A word or phrase that appeals to the 5 senses
A comparison using like or as
A word that is a sound
What is hyperbole?
An exaggeration
A word that is a sound
A word or phrase that appeals to the 5 senses
A direct comparison of two unlike things
What is alliteration?
A word that is a sound
A comparison using like or as
A comparison not using like or as
The same beginning sound repeated
What is a metaphor?
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
A direct comparison of two unlike things
Words that are sounds
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
A comparison using like or as
A direct comparison of two unlike things
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
A word that is a sound
"My life has been a ship sailing sea to sea."
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Alliteration
Personification
"Life is a highway..."
simile
metaphor
personification
allusion
"You can be the greatest / You can be the best / You can be King Kong / Banging on your chest."
simle
metaphor
allusion
personification
"My heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils."
simile
metaphor
allusion
personification
Now and then I think of when we were together / Like when you said you felt so happy you could die.
simile
personification
hyperbole
allusion
"when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while"
allusion
personification
allusion
alliteration
"You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard, calling me out when I’m wounded."
simile
allusion
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
"Springsteen, Madonna, Way before Nirvana/ There was U2 and Blondie and music still on MTV"
allusion
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
"We can burn brighter than the sun"
hyperbole
allusion
onomatopoeia
simile
What is an allusion?
a direct comparison between two unlike objects
a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
a figure of speech that adds extra stress and drama in a work or speech.
a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole