Mrs. W.'s figurative language

What is another name for an exaggeration?

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

boom, bang, zip, hiss

• personification

• idiom

• onomatopiea

Don't beat around the bush

• idiom

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

giving human qualities to something that is not human

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

comparison that DOES NOT use "like" or "as"

• simile

• methaphor

• hyperbole

you are as nice as pie

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

This book weighs a ton

• simile

• methaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• methaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Don't spill the beans

• simile

• onomatopiea

• idiom

• methaphor

• personification

I could eat a horse

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole