Figurative Language/Text Structure #1 Thursday 4/13

What type of Figurative Language is used in the following sentence? Mr. Z groaned as he got up from the floor.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

What type of Figurative Language is used in the following sentence? The man was tough as nails when he chose to skip the painkiller before getting stitches.

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

What type of Figurative Language is used in the following sentence? He’ll never go skydiving. He is too scared. He said he would do it when pigs fly.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• idiom

What type of Figurative Language is used in the following sentence? I like pancakes so much I could eat a million of them.

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

What type of Figurative Language is used in the following sentence? I got to the sale too late and they were sold out. Oh well, early bird catches the worm

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• idiom

What type of Figurative Language is used in the following sentence? Teddy tiger tried tying teepees together.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

What type of Figurative Language is used in the following sentence? "Smash", went the cup when it fell off the table.

• idiom

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

That movie took my breath away. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

My father was the sun and the moon to me. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole