QUIZ- Figurative Language

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

Words that imitate sounds

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

Comparing 2 things using "like", "as" or "than"

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

comparing 2 things - one thing is another

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• euphemism

same beginning sound in a sequence

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• euphemism

a mild or pleasant word used instead of one that is offensive.

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• euphemism

Exaggeration

• hyperbole

• imagery

• repetition

• idiom

used to create a mental picture in the reader's mind

• hyperbole

• imagery

• repetition

• idiom

repeated for emotion or rhythm

• hyperbole

• imagery

• repetition

• idiom

The dark forest dared them to enter

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification