Figurative Language Review

Figurative Language Review

Simile

• A Comparison of 2 things

• Use the words LIKE or AS

Metaphor

• A comparison where you say one thing is the other thing

• DON'T use like or as

Similes Vs. Metaphors

• Simile: something is like something else

• Metaphor: something IS something else

Onomatopoeia

• Writing words for the sounds you would hear

Alliteration

• Using the same letter or sound over and over again

Personification

• Giving a human trait (dance) to a non-human thing (leaves)

• Human Trait (angry) + non-human thing (sore)

• Human Trait (competing) + non-human thing (heart and head)

Hyperbole

• An extreme exaggeration

• Making it BIGGER than it should be

Idiom

• An expression that doesn't mean how it sounds

Multiple Choice

Mary's voice is music to my ears

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

My life is like a prison!

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

Multiple Choice

The wind is howling tonight!

• similie

• personification

• alleteration

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

Shaggy cried ZOINKS when he saw the ghost!

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

Multiple Choice

There were a thousand fire fighters trying to put out the house fire!

• hyperbole

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

I have a billion homework assignments tonight!

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

• idiom

Multiple Choice

The snow is a white blanket on the ground

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

The sheep went BAAAHH and the cow goes MOOO

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

No problem. It will be a piece of cake

• idiom

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• simile

Multiple Choice

Mike's burp shook the whole house!

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

He's got two right feet

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

Multiple Choice

The flowers were very thirsty out in the heat today

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• simile

Multiple Choice

Sally sold seashells by the seashore

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• idiom

Multiple Choice

The racers began at the sound of the bang

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

The delicious smell of the cookies pulled me into the kitchen

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

Life is like a box of chocolates

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

It is raining cats and dogs outside!

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteration

• personification

Multiple Choice

Lazy lizard Larry licked lollipops

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

My sister is a nightmare!

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

Multiple Choice

Katie is busy as a bee

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• alliteration