figurative language

figurative language

by Kasey Phillips

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Multiple Choice

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

I nearly died laughing is an example of what?

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• She was white as a ghost

• Buzz

• Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Peppers

• Break a leg

Multiple Choice

Talking animals are an example of what type of figurative language?

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Cliche

• Pun

Multiple Choice

Define hyperbole.

• An overused phrase

• Its raining cats and dogs

• An over (excessive) exaggeration

• A comparison of two unlike things, using like or as

Multiple Choice

Which type of figurative language uses like or as to compare two unlike things?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Cliche

Multiple Choice

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman object or animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

An expression that cannot be understood by the meaning of its words is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Cliche

Multiple Choice

This sentence is an example of what:  "I feel as happy as a puppy rolling around in the grass."

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

You have a smile that lights up the room is an example of what type of figurative language

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet.

• alliteration

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Multiple Choice

These words are examples of what: Boom! Bang!

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

"When pigs fly" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• alliteration

• metaphor

• idiom

• onomatopoeia