Figurative Language

What is a metaphor? 

• Comparing two things by using one kind of object or using in place of another to suggest the likeness between them
• A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
• Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it
• Big exaggeration, usually with humor

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What is an example of a metaphor? 

• She is like a bear in the morning- grumpy and cruel. 
• The flower stretched her hand out to the sun, yearning for its' rays. 
• Her hair was silk. 
• Buzz, Hiss, Woof 

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A simile... 

• Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it
• Big exaggeration, usually with humor
• A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
• The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

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"The tropical storm slept for days". This is an example of what figurative language device? 

• Personification 
• Simile 
• Alliteration 
• Hyperbole 

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"I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!" What type of figurative language is used here?

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Personification 
• Hyperbole 

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"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

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I nearly died laughing is an example of what?

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

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Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia.

• She was white as a ghost

• Buzz

• Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Peppers

• Break a leg

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Talking animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Cliche

• Pun

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I am dying of shame is an example of...

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Simile
• Hyperbole

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