Figurative Language

What is an idiom?

• Using symbols in writing.

• An exaggeration.

• Two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently.

• A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning.

"The assignment was a breeze" is an example of . . .

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

"It happened once in a blue moon" is an example of . . .

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

What is personification?

• Giving human qualities to a human.

• Giving non living qualities to living things.

• Comparing something to a nonliving thing.

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

What is an example of an alliteration?

• The vase flew off of the shelf.

• Powerful pandas punch parrots.

• The plant liked to fly.

• I like to eat pie.

"I was so tired after school, I slept for a month" is an example of . . .

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

When I say, "the car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one" what does that actually mean?

• The car is very old.

• The car was truly made in prehistoric times.

• The car is very new.

• I am actually riding a stegosaurus around.

"The stars will cry" is an example of . . .

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

"I am as hungry as a bear" is an example of . . .

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

An extreme exaggeration is what kind of figurative language?

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile