Figurative Meaning

Do these lyrics from Katy Perry's song "Firework" use LITERAL language or FIGURATIVE language?

Baby you're a firework

Come on let your colors burst

• LITERAL

• FIGURATIVE

What meaning are we meant to take from these lyrics from the song "Life's a Dance"?

• This is an analogy comparing life with a dance that you have to learn along the way.

• This is meant to be taken literally--we should all dance when we walk anywhere

• This is meant to create a tone of control--we should always take charge of our lives and never let go of that control

Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasize an idea and make a point.

• To be grammatically correct.

• To structure their writing into paragraphs.

• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs.

What's the meaning of this simile?

"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.

• She talks really loudly.

• She gets really angry.

• She spits when she talks.

What is a metaphor?

• A word that makes the sound it represents

• A direct comparison of two unrelated things without using the words like or as.

• An exaggerated statement

What type of figurative language gives human qualities to objects or animals?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• alliteration

Which figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things?

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• alliteration

In Chapter 10 of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the narrator says, "..each time he stepped outside the door, the wind was like a knife on his cheek." This excerpt contains an example of what type of figurative language?

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

In Chapter 1 of Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief, the narrator says, "My knees were jelly. My hands were shaking so bad I almost dropped the sword." This excerpt contains an example of what type of figurative language?

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Which of the following sentences uses figurative language?

• The sun was a golden coin in the sky.

• The sun is 93 million miles away.

• The sun rises in the east.

• The sun is a star.