Language Techniques

What is hyperbole?

• Words beginning with the same letter

• Extreme Exaggeration

• A question that does not need answered

• A phrase that has a different meaning than the individual words

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• Pepperoni Pizza is Perfect

• She wanted to pet the puppy

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

• Boom,crash, clang

What is alliteration?

• An extreme exaggeration

• Comparing something using like or as

• Words that spell a sound

• Words beginning with the same letter

Which of the following is alliteration?

• I am freezing to death

• She grew as tall as a house

• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

• Boom,splash, crunch

What is an idiom?

• A word or phrase that has a different meaning than the individual words

• Words beginning with the same letter

• An extreme exaggeration

• A writer speaking directly to the audience

Which of the following is an idiom?

• Sally Sells Seashells

• I've a million things to do

• This quiz is a piece of cake

• The tree invited us to play and climb

What is direct address?

• Extreme exaggeration

• Comparing something using like or as

• When the writer speaks directly to the audience using the word “you, we, us.”

• Something written to make the reader laugh

Which of the following is direct address?

• He was as tall as a tree

• I need you to help

• Crafty cats crying

• Drip, click, buzz

What is a simile?

• An extreme exaggeration

• Words beginning with the same letter

• Describing something using 'like' or 'as'

• Comparing two things that are not alike

Which of the following is a simile?

• She was as quiet as a mouse

• Life is a roller coaster

• He ran quietly like a cat

• I am freezing to death