Week 20- Figurative Language & Poetry Review

Figurative language is when language is used figuratively and not literally. You have to interpret or figure out what it means or represents.

• True

• False

A simile is when you compare two things using (a)   or as.

If there are repeating consonant sounds, then it is an...

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

An extreme exaggeration is a...

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• none of the above

An onomatopoeia is...

• an extreme exaggeration

• giving human qualities or characteristics to an animal, object, or idea

• a word that makes a sound; zip, meow, zonk, etc.

• none of the above

Referencing another work of literature, person, or event is called symbolism.

• True

• False

When you reference another work of literature, person, or event, it is called an...

• alliteration

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• none of the above

Using symbols to represent ideas is called...

• personification

• a metaphor

• symbolism

• none of the above

Personification is when...

• you compare two things

• you give human qualities or characteristics to an animal, object, or idea

• you use an extreme exaggeration

• none of the above

A phrase that has a different meaning than its literal meaning is called...

• an idiom

• an alliteration

• an onomatopoeia

• none of the above