Figurative Language Review

What is a simile?

• A comparison of two unlike things using “like”, “as” or “than”.

• A comparison between two unlike things without using “like”, “as” or “than”.

• An obvious exaggeration.

• Words that sound like the object or actions they refer to.

What is an onomatopoeia?

• A comparison of two unlike things using “like”, “as” or “than”.

• Giving non-human objects human qualities.

• Words that sound like the object or actions they refer to.

• Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words.

What is a metaphor?

• An obvious exaggeration

• Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words.

• Words that sound like the object or actions they refer to.

• A comparison between two unlike things without using “like”, “as” or “than”.

What is a hyperbole?

• Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words.

• An obvious exaggeration.

• A comparison between two unlike things without using “like”, “as” or “than”.

• Giving non-human objects human qualities.

What is personification?

• Giving non-human objects human qualities.

• A comparison of two unlike things using “like”, “as” or “than”.

• Words that sound like the object or actions they refer to.

• Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words.

What is an idiom?

• Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words.

• An obvious exaggeration.

• a phrase whose meaning can not be interpreted literally. The group of words together has a completely different meaning than the individual words.

• A comparison of two unlike things using “like”, “as” or “than”.

What is an alliteration?

• A comparison of two unlike things using “like”, “as” or “than”.

• Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words.

• An obvious exaggeration.

• A comparison between two unlike things without using “like”, “as” or “than”.

"The dishes in the sink were stacked to the sky" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

"Mrs. Flournoy's hair is a rat's nest" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

"The car laughed as it sped away" is an example of what?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification