class work 11.8.21

What figurative language is the sentence below?
She is as pretty as a flower. 

• Simile 
• Metaphor 
• Alliteration 

What do you think the meaning of this metaphor,
"She is a walking dictionary" is? 

• Was is tired 
• She knows a lot of words
• She was walks around the street 

Identify the simile

• I like apples.
• Apples taste sweet.
• You're the apple of my eye.
• This apple is as sweet as candy.

A simile COMPARES 2 things using the words ____ or _____.

• and, or

• like, as

• and, like

True or False?

A simile COMPARES 2 things.

• True

• False

"The dog is as big as a horse" means...

• The dog is very big

• The dog looks like a horse

• The dog is small

• The horse barks

"The football player is as fast as a cheetah" means...

• The football player is quick

• The football player saw a cheetah

• The football player was not fast

• There is a cheetah playing football

What is the simile? My little sister walks as slow as a turtle.

• slow as a turtle

• my little sister

• walks as slow

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• give person-like qualities to animals and things

• have a different meaning than the words.

I could sleep for an hour.

• Hyperbole

• Not a hyperbole