Figurative Language Review

What is a simile?

• A comparison using the words "like" or "as"

• A comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"

• An exaggeration

• A phrase where the words mean something different than their literal meaning

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"

• A comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"

• A phrase that means something different than the literal meaning

• An exaggeration

What is a hyperbole?

• When a beginning sound of a word is repeated

• A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"

• An exaggeration

• When human qualities are given to non-human objects

What is an idiom?

• A comparison using the words "like" or "as"

• An exaggeration

• The repetition of the beginning sound in a word

• A phrase that means something different than it's literal meaning?

What is alliteration?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• The repetition of the beginning sound in a word

• An exaggeration

• A phrase that means something different than its literal meaning

What is onomatopoeia?

• An exaggeration

• The repetition of the beginning sound in a word

• A word that sounds like its meaning

• Giving human qualities to non-human objects

What is personification?

• An exaggeration

• The repetition of the beginning sound in a word

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Giving human qualities to non-human objects

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• She was as beautiful as a sunset.

• The wind whistled through the trees.

• She was a snow queen.

• He missed the extra point by a mile.

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• She slammed the door so hard the whole city heard it.

• The flowers cried for water.

• Her teeth were as white as snow.

• Peter Piper picked peppers.

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The clock said it was time for recess.

• Her new shoes shined as bright as the sun.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

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