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Definitions for 100

The term that means “comparing two or more things without using like or as.”

Metaphor

Definitions for 200

The term that means “comparing two or more things using like or as.”

Simile

Definitions for 300

The term that means “an extreme exaggeration.”

Hyperbole

Definitions for 400

The term that means “giving inanimate or lifeless objects human qualities.”

Personification

Definitions for 500

The term that means “language that means exactly what it says.”

Literal Language

Examples for 100

This is what type of figurative language: “Shake it like a Polaroid picture.”

Simile

Examples for 200

This is what type of figurative language: “The sun winked at me through the clouds.”

Personification

Examples for 300

This is what type of figurative language: “She is as fast as a jaguar.”

Simile

Examples for 400

This is what type of figurative language: “Baby, you a song. You make me want to roll my windows down and cruise.”

Metaphor

Examples for 500

What are the two types of figurative language used in: “I will love you until the cow jumps over the moon.”

Hyperbole and Personification

Comparing for 100

What is being compared in the following example: “The cat is as mean as a python.”

Cat to python

Comparing for 200

What is being compared in the following example: “Girl, I love you like a fat kid loves cake.”

My love to a fat kids love of cake

Comparing for 300

What is being compared in the following example: “My dad is a huge teddy bear.”

My dad to a teddy bear

Comparing for 400

What is being compared in the following example: “My heart’s a stereo. It beats for you so listen close.”

Heart to a stereo

Comparing for 500

What is being compared in the following example: “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind wanting to start again?.”

Feelings to a plastic bag drifting in the wind

Say What? for 100

What is the literal meaning of this metaphor: “We would have had more to eat if Tammy hadn’t been such a hog.”

Tammy ate a lot.

Say What? for 200

What is the literal meaning of this hyperbole: “I’m so hungry I could eat a whole cow.”

I’m really hungry.

Say What? for 300

What is the literal meaning of this simile: “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”

Life is unpredictable

Say What? for 400

What is the literal meaning of this hyperbole: “I’d catch a grenade for ya. Throw my hand on a blade for ya.”

This person would risk their life for their love

Say What? for 500

What is the literal meaning of this personification: “When I met David for the first time, butterflies started to dance in my stomach.”

I became nervous the first time I met David.

Poet for 100

Create a simile that compares a baby to a button.

The baby is as cute as a button.

Poet for 200

Create a metaphor that compares Johnny to a mountain.

Johnny is a mountain. He can see for miles.

Poet for 300

Create a hyperbole that exaggerates how old Mr. Todd looks.

Mr. Todd looks like he is a million years old.

Poet for 400

Create a personification about the sun.

The sun smiled down on me.

Poet for 500

Create a metaphor that compares emotions to a rollercoaster.

This week has been an emotional

rollercoaster.