Figurative Language Review

Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as".

What type of figurative language is this?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

Compares two unlike things by saying that one thing is another.

What type of figurative language is this?

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

An exaggeration that can't possibly be true.

What type of figurative language is this?

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

What type of figurative language is this?

• Allusion

• Personification

• Idiom

• Simile

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound.

What type of figurative language is this?

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Words whose sounds suggest their meaning. Often called "sound words".

What type of figurative language is this?

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Personification

using one thing (a symbol) to stand for or represent something else

• Symbolism

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

My brothers are as loud as cymbals clanging together.

What type of figurative language is shown here?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

The new baby was a bundle of joy.

What type of figurative language is used here?

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Oxymoron

It felt as if I had walked a million miles to school.

What type of figurative language is used here?

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile