Figurative language

A funny exaggeration is called a/an __________________.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

_________________ is when you give human-like qualities to something that is not human.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called ____________.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

A comparison using like or as is a/an ______________.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

A/an ________________ is an expression that is not meant to be taken literally.

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Words that resemble the sound they describe is _________.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• metaphor

A comparison of two nouns that don't use like or as is a/an _______________.

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

The rain falls like the sun.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

The fly buzzed past us.

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• metaphor