Figurative Language

When an author compares two things using LIKE or AS.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

When an author compares two things stating that one thing IS the other.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Outrageous exaggeration made to emphasize a point.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

"He was as cool as a cucumber" is an example of...

• Simile

• hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

"The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm" is an example of...

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

"Her long hair is an ocean of waves" is an example of...

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

"She was so sad that all the tears she cried filled up a lake" is an example of...

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

I nearly died laughing is an example of what?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

"You are the thunder, and I am the lightning," is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification