Figurative Language Review

Front

"My stomach did a backflip." What literary device is used? Options: personification, metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia

Back

personification

Front

I bolted out the door like a horse leaving the gate for a race.

Back

simile

Front

The rope SNAPPED in half, and the panic in the child's face was evident. Options: personification, metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia

Back

onomatopoeia

Front

Delaney is the sun in my life; she means everything to me.

Back

Delaney is important to me.

Front

The fog was a blanket covering the road.

Back

The fog was thick.

Front

A dog does NOT symbolize...

• loyalty
• protection
• friendship
• mystery

Back

mystery

Front

Which figurative language compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'? "You look as white as a ghost."

Back

Simile

Front

What figure of speech is used in the sentence: "Homework is a breeze."?

Back

metaphor

Front

What literary device is used in the sentence: "Lisa's lizards were leaping on her lawnchair."?

Back

alliteration

Front

What figure of speech is used in the sentence: "He is as busy as a bee."?

Back

simile