Figurative Language

What is a simile?

• A comparison using like or as

• A comparison not using like or as

• Giving an inhuman object human characteristics

• The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

What is an idiom?

• A word that describes a sound

• A comparison using like or as

• A common and well known expression that does not mean what it literally says

• repetition of internal vowel sounds

"Up a creek without a paddle" is an example of what?

• metaphor

• Idiom

• alliteration

• simile

"Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of what?

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

• onomatopoeia

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using like or as

• A common expression that does not mean what it literally says

• A direct comparison that does not use like or as

• The repetition of internal vowel sounds

What is an alliteration?

• The repetition of a word for effect

• The repetition of internal vowel sounds

• The repetition of the first letter of a word

• The repetition of the last letter of word

What is an onomatopoeia?

• A common expression that does not mean what it literally says

• A comparison using like or as

• A word that mimics a sound.

• A comparison not using like or as

"Kapow!" is an example of what figurative language device?

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• metaphor

This is descriptive language that appeals to the five senses

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

• idiom

• alliteration

Repeating a word or words for effect is

• alliteration

• repetition

• assonance

• idiom