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Simile: A comparison between objects using the words ____________________ or ________________

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Like or As

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Metaphor: A comparison between two objects by saying one thing _________________ another thing

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Is

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Hyperbole: Deliberate _______________________ for ________________________

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Exaggeration for Effect

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Onomatopoeia: A word formed from a __________________________

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Sound

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Alliteration: Repeated ____________________________ sounds in the first letter of consecutive words

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Consonant

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Assonance: Repeated ________________________ sounds in consecutive words

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Vowel

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Sibilance: The same as _______________________ but only when the repeated sound is an ________ sound

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Alliteration, ‘S’

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Identify the sound device used in the following sentence

Seven salamanders circled the house

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Sibilance

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Identify the figurative device used in the following sentence

He ran like the wind

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Simile

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Identify the sound device used in the following sentence

Whizz

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Onomatopoeia

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Identify the figurative device used in the following sentence

I opened the cupboard and a thousand cockroaches ran out

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Hyperbole

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Identify the sound device used in the following sentence

The opal glow of the Hauraki gulf

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Assonance

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Identify the figurative device used in the following sentence

The tree shed her autumn dress and stood naked all winter

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Personification (because wearing clothes is an exclusively human characteristic)

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Identify the figurative device used in the following sentence

The wind bit into me

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Metaphor (not personification as biting is not an exclusively human characteristic)

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Identify the sound device used in the following sentence

Leon likes lollies

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Alliteration

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Identify the figurative device defined below

A comparison between TWO objects using the words LIKE or AS

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Simile

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Identify the figurative device defined below

A comparison between two DISSIMILAR objects by saying one thing IS another thing

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Metaphor

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Identify the figurative device defined below

Deliberate EXAGGERATION for EFFECT

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Hyperbole

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Identify the sound device defined below

A word formed from a SOUND

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Onomatopoeia

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Identify the sound device defined below

Repeated CONSONANT sounds in the FIRST letter of consecutive words

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Alliteration

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Identify the sound device defined below

Repeated VOWEL sounds which can be ANYWHERE in the words

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Assonance

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Identify the sound device defined below

The same as CONSONANCE but only when the repeated sound is an ‘S’ sound

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Sibilance

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23
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Identify the figurative device in the following quote

“you could actually see a tiny little golden spark dancing in the middle of each eye”

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Personification

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Identify the figurative device defined below

A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes. The non-human objects are portrayed in such a way that we feel they have the ability to act like human beings.

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Personification

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Identify the figurative device in the following quote “His hands were as big as wheelbarrows”
Simile
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“A dream…makes a tiny little buzzing-humming sound” Which two words which are examples of ONOMATOPOEIA?
buzzing | humming
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“Dreams…float around in the night air like little clouds” – what two things are being compared in this SIMILE? Which word that shows us that this sentence is a simile?
Dreams and clouds Like
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“his black coat was streaming out behind him like the wings of a bird” What two things are being compared in this SIMILE? Which word that shows us that this sentence is a simile?
Coat and wings Like
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“A petrol engine is sheer magic” Which two things are being compared in this METAPHOR?
Petrol engine and magic
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“They will all purr and hum and roar” What SOUND DEVICE is used to make this description come alive for the reader?
Onomatopoeia
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“Plots and plans and new ideas came flying off him like sparks from a grindstone” – is this comparison a SIMILE or a METAPHOR? How do you know?
Simile Like
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“The kite…was just a small blue dot dancing in the sky” what figurative device is being used to give the kite human qualities?
Personification
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“The kite…was…miles above my head” what figurative device is Roald Dahl using here to deliberately exaggerate how high the kite is?
Hyperbole
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“It was like a magic fire-ball in the sky” – is this comparison a SIMILE or a METAPHOR? How do you know?
Simile Like
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A ________________ is a comparison saying that a person, place, animal or thing IS some thing else (not just LIKE it!). Metaphors are stronger images than similes. They don’t mean exactly what the words say.
Metaphor
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“I listened for the usual workshop sounds, the little clinking noises of metal against metal or the tap of a hammer” – identify two examples of ONOMATOPOEIA in this sentence
Clinking Tap
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“his eyes were shining like stars” - is this comparison a SIMILE or a METAPHOR? What two things are being compared?
Simile Eyes and Stars
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“the great trees are spreading their branches high above you like black ghosts” - is this comparison a SIMILE or a METAPHOR? What two things are being compared?
Simile Trees and ghosts
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“the shadows…are darker than a wolf’s mouth” – this is a COMPARATIVE which tells us how dark the shadows are by COMPARING them to something else. What are the shadows being COMPARED to here?
A wolf's mouth
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“The motor coughed once, then started” – what figurative device gives the car HUMAN QUALITIES?
Personification
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“Its headlamps were like two dazzling white eyes” - is this comparison a SIMILE or a METAPHOR? What two things are being compared?
Simile Headlamps and Eyes
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“SWISH! The thing went past me like a bullet” – what SOUND DEVICE shows the reader how quickly the police car was travelling?
Onomatopoeia
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“SWISH! The thing went past me like a bullet” – what FIGURATIVE DEVICE shows the reader how quickly the police car was travelling?
Simile
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“it makes me madder than a mackerel” – is ‘madder’ a COMPARATIVE or a SUPERLATIVE?
Comparative
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“to Mr Hazell it is the greatest day in the year” – is ‘greatest’ a COMPARATIVE or a SUPERLATIVE?
Superlative
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“For one day in the year he becomes a big cheese in a little world” – what FIGURATIVE DEVICE has been used here?
Metaphor
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“Clink…clink…clink” – what SOUND DEVICE is being used here?
Onomatopoeia
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“five eggs of the purest blue” – identify the SUPERLATIVE in this sentence
Purest
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“The weasel is the bravest of all animals” - identify the SUPERLATIVE in this sentence
Bravest
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“he would smile back at her in the soppiest way you can imagine” - identify the SUPERLATIVE in this sentence
Soppiest
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“They fell with a soft little patter, like raindrops on dry leaves” – what FIGURATIVE DEVICE is being used here?
Simile
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“We lay there for what seemed like a hundred years” - what FIGURATIVE DEVICE is being used here?
Hyperbole
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“The silver buttons on his uniform sparkled like diamonds” - what FIGURATIVE DEVICE is being used here?
Simile
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“The finest and most succulent dish on earth!” – identify the SUPERLATIVES
Finest Most succulent
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“Kings and queens don’t live any better than that” – identify the COMPARATIVE
Better
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“That was the greatest time I’ve ever had in my whole life” – identify the SUPERLATIVE
Greatest
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“He spoke her name proudly, as through he were a commander referring to his bravest officer” - what FIGURATIVE DEVICE is being used here?
Simile
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“He spoke her name proudly, as through he were a commander referring to his bravest officer” – identify the SUPERLATIVE
Bravest
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“a great cloud of pheasants” – identify the METAPHOR
Cloud
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“The language he used was so foul and filthy it scorched my earholes” – is this a SIMILE or a METAPHOR? What two things are being compared?
Metaphor Words and fire
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“my father was the most marvelous and exciting father” – is this a COMPARATIVE or a SUPERLATIVE?
Superlative

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