Figurative Language

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

• Only similes compare two unlike things.

• Only metaphors use like or as in the comparison

• Similes are literal statements

• Similes use like or as, while metaphors do not

Types of Figurative Language

Imagery (Sensory Language)

Simile (Comparing using LIKE or AS)

Metaphor (Comparing directly)

Alliteration (Same Sound)

Personification (Giving human characteristics to non-human things)

Onomatopoeia (Sound effects)

Hyperbole (Exaggerating)

Multiple Choice

Which phrase is using sensory language?

• I like eating pizza

• The crispy brown cookie smelled like chocolate.

• Oranges are my favorite fruit.

Multiple Choice

Which sound device is being used in this line?

Softly and slowly the snowflakes fell

• Metaphor

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Multiple Choice

Which figurative device is being used in this line? The salmon we caught was bigger than the boat!

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

Which figurative device is being used in this line? The old tree stretched his long and gangly fingers towards the sky.

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Multiple Choice

Which term fits the following definition? The act of giving human qualities, emotions, or body parts to an inanimate object.

• Rhyme

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Multiple Choice

Which term fits the following definition? A word that sounds like the thing it describes.

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

Which device is being used in the following sentence? The cat meowed at the chirping birds.

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Buzz, hiss, roar, and woof are all examples of -

• symbols

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

• refrain

Multiple Choice

"The comedian is seriously funny." is an example of -

• a cliche

• an oxymoron

• a metaphor

• an idiom

Multiple Choice

"He sneezed in the breeze on his feet." is what type of sound device?

• alliteration

• assonance

• oxymoron

• repetition

Multiple Select

What figurative language devices are used in the following quote from "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury?

"The house was an altar with ten thousand attendants, big small, servicing, attending, in choirs" (para. 13).

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

What is hyperbole?

• A comparison of two unrelated things that uses like or as.

• A comparison of two unrelated things that DOES NOT use like or as.

• Giving human/lifelike characteristics to something that is not human and/or alive.

• An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of METAPHOR?

• The soldier was as brave as a lion.

• Her voice is music to my ears.

• Her stomach complained loudly after she ate the spicy enchiladas.

• Your suitcase weighs a ton!

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of PERSONIFICATION?

• The soldier was as brave as a lion.

• Her voice is music to my ears.

• Her stomach complained loudly after she ate the spicy enchiladas.

• Your suitcase weighs a ton!

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of ONOMATOPOEIA?

• The bacon sizzled in the hot skillet.

• Every cloud has a silver lining.

• Shaina ordered jumbo shrimp at the seafood restaurant.

• The school dietitian eats a double bacon cheeseburger three times a week.