Figurative Language II

He crashed into an urn filled with fake flowers.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• idiom

• alliteration

He is a wall when he plays linebacker.

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

"You were about as romantic as dirt..."

• personification

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

Mom's purse weighs a ton!

• hyperbole

• idiom

• onomatopeia

• personification

Use of extreme exaggeration is called...

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

"You are all they are talking about!"

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

Which kind of figurative language fits BEST?

She was as white as a ghost when she had the flu.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

What type of figurative language gives human-like actions to non-human objects?

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• personification

Which type of figurative language fits BEST?

Mrs. Pugh's room was an icebox when kids walked in!

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Repetition of the same beginning sound in several words in the sentence.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile