ELA Figurative Language!

Question 1

What is figurative language?

Answer 1

Figurative language is a type of literary device

Question 2

Personification

Answer 2

When a non-human thing is given human attributes…described as if it is a person ( As the wind blew, the tree waved its branches with pride.)

Question 3

Allusion

Answer 3

To refer to a book, play, movie, song, or other work people are likely to be familiar with as a way to help make a point/explain an idea. ( This new job is my golden ticket! - alludes to Charlie and the chocolate factory )

Question 4

Hyperbole

Answer 4

Overstatement, a figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis ( I died laughing! )

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

A comparison stating that something is LIKE or AS something else ( She was as busy as a bee. )

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

A comparison stating that something IS something else ( The close friends were two peas in a pod )

Question 7

Alliteration

Answer 7

A series of words that begin with the same consonant sound ( Dad taught me all about baseball, birds nest, brigands, and butterflies. )

Question 8

Idiom

Answer 8

An expression that has a different, ( non literal ) meaning than it’s literal meaning ( that video game costs an arm and a leg )

Question 9

Onomatopoeia

Answer 9

A Word that sounds like, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes ( buzz, slap, hum, chirp )

Question 10

Infer

Answer 10

To deduce, conclude, or determine ( something ) from evidence and reasoning rather than from direct or explicit statements, ( read between the lines )

Question 11

Clarify

Answer 11

To make a statement or a situation less confusing, easier to understand by explaining or giving more details.