Let me see, some brain activity!

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Literal language

Figurative language

It was very rainy today.

I died laughing.

You are my sunshine.

The new teacher is as tall as a giraffe.

I am very hungry

The shoes are red

onomatopoeia

alliteration

metaphor

simile

idiom

The owl hooted in the night

Busy buzzing, the bee behaved beautifully. 

Mary's voice is music to my ears.

Her smile is as bright as the sun.

Time flies

Write an idiom that goes with this pic.

Write an idiom that goes with this pic.

Search for an idiom you like...

Write down which idiom you've chosen:

Which sentence is an example of alliteration?

1. The snow is a white blanket
2. Sheep should sleep in a shed

Which is "alliteration"

1. Kim's kid kept kicking like crazy!
2. I am starving to death!
3. The bank director has gone bankrupt
4. Life is like a box of chocolates

Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds
the other answers are hyperbole (starving to death)
irony (a bank director should know how to spend his money) and simile (a comparisson using "like")

Name one more example of alliteration

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personification

Answer the questions on the next pages.

Explain what personification is. You may add an image as an answer.

Write down a personification using "the sun".