Figurative Language

What type of figurative language is the following sentence:

My stomach is gurgling like a tarpit.

• metaphor

• similie

• personification

• hyperbole

Love is a rose.

This is an example of:

• similie

• metaphor

• allusion

• personification

A bear of a lesson means

• a difficult lesson

• a lesson about bears

Simile is a comparison between two things using like or as.

• True

• False

Which is an example of a metaphor?

• My computer is like a brick.

• My car is as fast as a rocket.

• The water was cold as ice.

• The still pond was a mirror.

My legs screamed as I pedaled up the steep hill on my bike.

This is an example of:

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

This is an example of:

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Personification is describing something as if it were a person.

• True

• False

Hyperbole is

• a comparison using like or as

• an overstatement or exaggeration

• describing something like a person