Figurative Language Review

words who sounds suggest their meaning

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

a saying that's meaning is different than it's literal meaning

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

• alliteration

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• personifciation

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

• idiom

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

comparison of two unlike things by saying one IS the other

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

comparison of two unlike things using words "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Our teacher gave us a million things to do for homework.

This is an example of____________

• personifciation

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

Busy bees make honey and bump into beautiful flowers.

• simile

• alliteration

• idiom

• hyperbole

The boy was a fish when he was in the pool.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• idiom

Her smile is like the sun, shining brightly.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom