Figurative Language

“Tick, tock.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

”A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open”.-Frank Zappa

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

“I like to walk in the woods and see what Mother Nature is wearing.” - Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People

• hyperbole

• allusion

• personification

• idiom

“Conscience is a man’s compass.” - Vincent Van Gogh

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• idiom

Crash, bang, buzz, swish, and splash are all examples of what type of figurative language?

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

• Assonance

"Her eyes were like a deep ocean filled with endless mystery." This is an example of ____________________.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Structure

"The man was a constant and steady rock." This is an example of _____________________________.

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Style

"I nearly died laughing" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

"Silver bells!... How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle in the icy air of night." This sentence includes what figurative language device?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

"She soothed her secret sorrow." Choose the best answer: What figurative language device is being used in this sentence?

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor