Figurative Language

Choose the matching term for this definition: A phrase that cannot be taken literally.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Idiom

Choose the matching term for this definition: An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

Choose the matching term for this definition: A word or phrase that is used multiple times by the author for emphasis.

• Imagery

• Simile

• Repetition

• Idiom

Choose the matching term for this definition: Makes a comparison between two unrelated things

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Imagery

Choose the matching term for this definition: Language that portrays sensory experiences (sight, taste, hear, touch and smell).

• Simile

• Imagery

• Irony

• Idiom

Choose the matching term for this definition: When a writer describes a thing, idea or animal using human characteristics.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Choose the matching term for this definition: Makes a comparison between two unrelated things using like or as.

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Idiom

• Simile

Choose the matching term for this definition: When something happens in reverse of what you expected.

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

What Figurative Language is this example: "Break a leg!" "It's raining cats and dogs."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

• Idiom

What Figurative Language is this example: "Her hair flows like a river through the mountains."

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Simile