Figurative Language Exit Ticket

The repetition of the consonant at the beginning of words in a line.

Example: Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• personification

An extreme exaggeration. Example: I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

A word/phase which means something different from it's literal meaning. Example: Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

• idiom

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Language that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses. Example: One bite of the sour lemon caused my lips to pucker.

• Simile

• Imagery

• Personification

• Metaphor

A DIRECT COMPARISION between two unlike things. Example: My nephew is a cuddly bear.

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• alliteration

A word that imitates a sound. Example: Clink, clank, clunk.

• imagery

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

An INDIRECT COMPARISON between two unlike things using like or as. Example: Busy as a bee.

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• personification

Giving human/person characteristics to nonhuman things. Example: The stars winked at each other in the dark.

• personification

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration