Figurative Language

What is a Simile?

• A type of figurative language that is used to compare one thing to another. Does not use the words "like" and/or "as"

• A type of figurative language that is used to compare one thing to another. Uses the words "like" and/or "as"

• A figure of speech that exaggerates the meaning of the sentence.

• A phrase which has no literal meaning to what is being said or happening. It implies the fact or story behind it.

What is personification?

• The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of the word

• Vivid description that that includes details that appeal to senses.

• Extreme exaggeration used to make a point

• The act of giving human qualities to an object or animal.

"You are like a ray of sunshine!" is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

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"Her eyes were sparkling diamonds" is an example of:

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

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What is an idiom?

• The use of symbols in writing to express something to the reader.
• An exaggeration.
• Two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently. 
• A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning. 

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"It happened once in a blue moon" is an example of a(n)...

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

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The sun smiled after the rain stopped. 

• Personification
• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron
• Simile

A comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing IS the other.

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words that are close together.

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• pun

• alliteration

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