Figurative Language Formal

A funny exaggeration is called a/an

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

...is when you give human-like qualities to something that is not human

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

A comparison using like or as is a/an

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

A comparison using like or as is a/an

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

A/an ________________ is an expression that is not meant to be taken literally.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

Words that resemble the sound they describe is

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

A comparison of two nouns that don’t use like or as is a/an ...

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

The fly buzzed past us.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor