Figurative Language

Comparing two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

Which example is shown?

I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

A simile ...

• tells how two things are different using like or as.

• tells how things are alike using like or as.

• tells an exaggeration.

• imitates a sound.

Which definition is being shown?

A saying that has a meaning that’s different than the literal meaning

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

What does the idiom mean?

Don't cut any corners.

• Don't use a knife to cut the wall.

• Don't take shortcuts.

• Take shortcuts to be there faster.

What does the idiom mean?

The exam was a piece of cake!

• The exam tasted like cake.

• The exam was hard.

• The cake fell on the exam.

• The exam was easy.

The plants were begging to be watered.

What is this an example of?

• Personification

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Which type of figurative language is being shown?

Whoosh! The bird dashed out of the house.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• You are my sunshine.

• He was as white as a ghost when he was scared.

• Come and clean the chaos in your closet.

• Lightning danced across the sky.

Lightning danced across the sky. This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• idiom

• personificaiton

• simile