Figurative Language

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Match the following to the correct figurative language definition.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox).

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle).

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

• A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox).

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle).

• The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

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"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

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" is an example of what?

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Repetition

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Metaphor

Multiple Choice

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

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

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What type of figurative language is a word imitating a sound?

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Alliteration

Repetition

Onomatopoeia

Metaphor

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Explain the meaning of the simile below.

The road was as flat as a pancake.

• The road was the color of a pancake.

• The road had a lot of bumps.

• The road was very flat.

• The road was in Waco.

Multiple Choice

Explain the meaning of the metaphor below.

Todd is a walking dictionary!

• Todd knows the meaning of many words.

• Todd looks like a dictionary.

• Todd has a dictionary with him.

• Todd is actually a dictionary.

Multiple Choice

Explain the meaning of the personification below.

The trees danced in the wind.

• The trees were falling down.

• The trees were swaying back and forth.

• The wind was really loud.

• The trees were doing the griddy.

Multiple Choice

Explain the meaning of the personification below.

It's raining cats and dogs!

• Cats and dogs are crying.

• Cats and dogs are falling out of the sky.

• It's raining a little bit.

• The sky is pouring down rain.

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Select ALL of the examples of alliteration.

(Hint: First SOUNDS repeat)

• The phone pinged.

• Kingston ate cookies, cupcakes, kiwis, and candy.

• Jazlyn jumped!

• The chef chopped carrots.

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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

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Onomatopoeia is

• a word that sounds like what it describes.

• a comparison where on thing is said to be another

• an exaggeration

• giving human qualities to animals or objects

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A comparison using the words like or as

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simile

metaphor

hyperbole

alliteration

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Red Rover, Red Rover send Robin right over.

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hyperbole

alliteration

personification

onomatopoeia

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I heard the screech of the tires, and then I smelled the burning rubber.

The underlined word in the sentence is an example of

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphore

• onomatopoeia

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My sister is as slow as molasses in the mornings.

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simile

personification

metaphor

alliteration

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Giving human qualities to animals or objects is

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simile

alliteration

hyperbole

personification