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Figurative Language
What do they all mean? Click HERE to learn more.
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CLICK TO CHOOSE: Alliteration *Assonance* Hyperbole * Idioms * Metaphor *
Onomatopoeia * Personification * Simile *
Mixed Practice

Alliteration
Repeating consonant
 sounds.

She sells seashells by the seashore.

1. Buzzin - Lesson and Quiz 6. Circus Builder-Rhyming
2. Alliteration Poetry 7. Alpine Ski Lodge-Vowels
3. Volweb 8. Alliteration or Simile?
4. Volweb examples 9. Rhyming Dictionary
5. Geocities examples 10. Bedford St. Martins

Assonance
 
Repeating the
  sounds of

The rain in Spain
falls mainly on
the plain.

1. Buzzin-Lesson and Quiz 6.
2. Assonance Poetry 7.
3. Mrs. Dowling 8.
4. Bedford St. Martins 9.
5. Poetry Galore 10.
Hyperbole
Exaggeration

He's carrying a ton of debt!
1. What is a hyperbole? 6.
2. Mrs. Dowling-Hyperboles 7.
3. Hyperbole Poetry 8.
4. Volweb 9.
5. Funny Hyperboles 10.
Idioms
A word or phrase that means something different from the meaning of its individual words.

He
's got his dander up!
1. Buzzin - Lesson and Quiz 13. More Idiom Games (Quia)
2. Dictionary: American Idioms 14. Colors of Language Game
3. QuizTree--American Idioms 15. Volweb
4. Eye on Idioms 16. In Step with Idioms
5. Quia - English Expressions 17. Abiator Game 1
6. Quia - More Idioms 18. Abiator Game 2
7. FunBrain - Paint by Idioms 19. Abiator Game 3
8. Quia - Face Idioms 20. English Zone (FREE = )
9. Quia - Animal Idioms 21. Idioms at Webschool
10. Quia - Body Parts Idioms 22. I Know That game
11. Color Idioms Game 23. I Know That game
12. Quia - Challenge Board 24.  Idioms at MySchoolhouse. com

Metaphor
Comparisons that do not use "like" or "as".

He's a couch potato.

1. Buzzin - Lesson and Quiz 8. Two Examples of Poems
2. Quia - Metaphor Battleship 9. Eleven Examples of Poems
3. Matching Activity 1 10. Chasing Metaphors (video)
4. RHLSchools 11. Similes or Metaphors
5. Volweb 12. Quia Similes and Metaphors
6. Quia Similes and Metaphors 13. Lesson at How to Study
7. Thinkquest 14.

Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate the sounds they name.

1. Buzzin - Lesson and Quiz 6. Sound Words List
2. What is onomatopoeia? 7. Interactive Activity
3. Matching Activity 1 8. Onomatopoeia Poetry
4. Matching Activity 2 9. Volweb
5. Matching Activity 3 10.

Personification
Giving human qualities to
non-human things.

1. ThinkQuest 6.
2. Personification Poetry 7.
3. Volweb 8.
4. IM Schools.org 9.
5. Catch Me If You Can 10.

Simile
Comparisons that use "like" or "as".

1. Buzzin - Lesson and Quiz 9. Quia: Similes and Metaphors
2. Matching Activity 1 10. RHLSchools
3. Matching Activity 2 11. Alliteration or Simile?
4. Matching Activity 3 12. Similes or Metaphors
5. Matching Activity 4 13. Similes and Metaphors
6. Matching Activity 5 14. Volweb
7. Worley School 15. Lesson at How to Study
8. Similies at WebSchool 16. Synonym Scramble at WebSchool

Mixed Practice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. GeoCities  Figurative Language 17. Abiator Multiple Choice 3
2. Hangman at Quia 18. Abiator Multiple Choice 4
3. Missspott.com 19. Abiator Multiple Choice 5
4. Orangeusd.k12 20. Abiator Multiple Choice 6
5. Poetic Devices 21. Abiator Matching 1
6. Poetry as We See It 22. Abiator Matching 2
7. Poetry Idea Engine 23. Abiator Matching 3
8. Quia 1 24. Abiator Matching 4
9. Quia 2 25. Abaitor Matching 5
10. Quia 3 26. Abiator Matching 6
11. Quia Poetry Review Game 27. Abiator Matching 7
12. Quia  Jeopardy 28. Abiator Matching 8
13. Robert Frost Poems 29. I Know That game
14. "The Raven" Interactive 30. Literary Devices  Defined/Illustrated
15. Abiator Multiple Choice 1 31. Similes, Metaphors, and
Hyperboles at Myschoolhouse.com
16. Abiator Multiple Choice 2 32. NEW!! Figurative Language Baseball