Figurative Language

Figurative Language is not literal.

• True

• False

This is a comparison using like or as.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

As blind as a bat is a ...

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Time is money is a....

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

A type of figurative language that uses outrageous exaggeration. Why do you have 500 pencils on your desk?

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• idiom

The stars were dancing in the sky is an example of...

• idiom

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

My daughter's backpack weighs at least a million pounds.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• personification

They are best friends. They are 2 peas in a pod.

• alliteration

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

Sam and Susan skate on the sidewalk is an example of ...

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

They really hit it off when they met. What does this idiom mean?

• argued a lot

• got along well

• didn't like each other