Figurative Language Assignment The Bass, the River and Sheila Mant Figurative Language
Directions: Match the Figurative Language types to its definition
d.
Oversatt A Vid descriptive language
9.
Judaposition B. Comparison using like or as
f. Foreshadow
C. Derect comparison, saying one thing is
Imagery_6. He paced, he fretted, and he chewed at his
nails
Personification. His ariety screamed at him.
8. The white screen showed four blue little
words with no punctuation: I like you too."
Directions: Determine the correct type of figurative language
from the text. Each term could be used more than once
A imagery
D Intentionally stating something is
more than it is Overrepresenting a
Station
E a comparison comparing two things to
find similarities
F Awaming of indication of a future
Figurative Language Term List
Foreshadow
Imagery
Metaphor Overstatement
Personification Simile
Juxtaposition
Parallel Structure
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e.
Parallel
Structure
G. Repeating a similar phrase or series of
words
H. Attributing human like qualities to
inanimate objects or other nouns
h.
Personification
Directions: Determine the correct type of figurative language.
Each is used only once
Simile
1. Angie acts like a snail.
Metaphor
2. George is a lion, fast and ferocious
Overstatement 3. She made him angry similar to the
unanswered text messages that he sent to her phone.
The text messages only talked about his
endless love for her. Angie
5. When he saw the three typing
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1. "There was a summer in my life when the
only creature that seemed lovelier to me than a largemouth bass
was Sheila Mant."
2. I would sneak through the woods to their
hedge and stare enchanted at the candlelit swirl of white dresses
and bright, paisley skirts."
_3. "the sun went down and my longing was
like a madness and I couldn't stop."
4. "The tortured will-I's. won't I's the
agonized indecision over what to say, the false starts toward her
house and embarrassed retreats--the details of these have been
om my memory"
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