Figurative Language/Persuasive Techniques

Caught a cup of clumsy clams is an example of what kind of figurative language?

• Onamatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

____________________ is an over exaggeration.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

The wall crashed down as the wind blew. Is an example of what figurative language?

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

_________________ is giving an inanimate object human-like traits.

• Innuendo

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

He was as happy as a pig in mud. Is in an example of what figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

________________________ is a comparison between two people/things that may use "is", "are", or "was". It is NOT a statement of value.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

____________________ is a repetition of initial sound.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

I will die if I don't get to play Fortnite! Is an example of what figurative language?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

______________________ is the use of a word whose sound suggests meaning.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

The boat swam through the water.

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Smile