Figurative Language Review

Multiple Choice

What is figurative language?

• Language that uses words or expressions that are different from what is actually meant.

• Language that makes reading more interesting.

• Language that makes writing more interesting.

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

A comparison using the words like or as is a _____________.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

What is a metaphor?

• Comparing two things in a text
• Comparing two things using like and as
• An over exaggeration 
• Comparing two things without using like and as

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

• A metaphor uses "like" or "as," but a simile does not.

• A metaphor is a direct comparison, but a simile uses "like" or "as."

• A metaphor exaggerates the truth, but a simile does not.

• A metaphor uses a play on words, but a simile does not.

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT an example of a simile?

• Her heart is like gold.

• He is as busy as a bee.

• Life is a rollercoaster.

• She is larger than life.

Multiple Choice

What is the following sentence an example of:

You're toast!

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

When you give human characteristics to something not human

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Multiple Choice

A hyperbole is

• repeating the beginning sound in words

• giving human qualities to animals or objects

• an exaggeration

• a word that imitates the sound that it represents

Multiple Choice

Is this a hyperbole?
Mary will be back in just a second.

• yes
• no

Multiple Choice

I was really hungry.

• hyperbole

• not hyperbole

Multiple Choice

What is the following sentence an example of:

That girl is as sneaky as a snake!

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Multiple Choice

"The house shivered as snow fell on its roof."

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

This school is an asylum.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"The stars in the sky winked," is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Multiple Choice

My homework pile is a mile high.

This sentence is an example of

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

What does the following sentence really mean?

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

• If you eat right, you won't need to go to the doctor as often.

• You should bring apples to the doctor's office with you.

• Doctors are afraid of apples.

• You should eat nothing but apples every day.

Multiple Choice

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

• Delaney is yellow.
• Delaney is standing on the roof.
• Delaney is important to me.

Open Ended

WRITE A METAPHOR!

Your homework is a villain. What kind?

Open Ended

PERSONIFICATION!

Imagine your alarm clock could insult you. What would it say?

Open Ended

WRITE A HYPERBOLE!

Exaggerate how many tries it took to beat a level in a video game.

Open Ended

WRITE A SIMILE!

Describe your pet (or dream pet) as like or as something silly.

Open Ended

PERSONIFICATION!

Imagine your backpack could talk — what would it say?