Figurative Language

A type of figurative language that compares one thing to another thing using the words "like" or "as" is called a ______________________________.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

A type of figurative language that compares one thing to another thing by stating that something "is" another thing.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Which of the following is a simile?

• He has the eyes of a hawk.

• She sings like an angel.

• The walls in the apartment house were paper thin.

• The man is a rock.

A type of figurative language that gives human traits or characteristics to nonliving objects is called ______________________________.

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

A type of figurative language that uses the beginning sound in words repeatedly in a phrase or sentence is called ________________________________.

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

This type of figurative language is used when words immitate the actual sound(s) made by the action or event. Examples include "clang" and "whoosh."

• onomatopoeia

• irony

• pun

• alliteration

Figurative language is used in writing to make the writing more interesting.

• true

• false

"The cat's as fast as a jet on a runway" is an example of a metaphor.

• true

• false

The ball hit the player's bat with a crack is an example of onomatopoeia.

• true

• false

"The dog is a rocket, shooting off the porch to chase the mailman," is an example of a metaphor.

• yes

• no

• maybe so