Figurative Language

What is onomatopoeia?

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as.

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

• Comparing two unlike things without using like or as.

• Words that are made up based on real sounds.

What is metaphor?

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as.

• Comparing or referring to two things to make a point.

• Comparing two unlike things without using like or as.

• Giving human qualities to a non-human thing.

What is personification?

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as.

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

• A word formed from the sound it makes.

Which is an example of simile?

• The boat made a buzzing sound in the water.

• Her voice was like fingernails on a chalkboard.

• It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

• Their (astronauts') dedication was, like Drake's, complete.

What type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

What type of figurative language is shown?
The thunder boomed in the storm.

• oxymoron

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

What type of figurative language is shown?
Tracy was really feeling down in the dumps.

• personification

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

What type of figurative language is shown?
The run down house looked depressed.

• personification

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

What is the definition of hyperbole?

• When a group of of words all start with the same sound.

• When words sound like what they mean.

• An extreme exaggeration 

• A comparison 

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.

• The trees danced in the wind.

• I waited in line for 10 years!

• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge.