Figurative Language

Figurative Language is used by writers to _____________.

• confuse readers

• help readers better understand an idea

• make readers think harder

• make the writing sound better

What type of figurative language is this?

This coffee shop is an ice box!

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• imagery

What type of figurative language is this?

I've told you a million times to clean your room!

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

What type of figurative language is this?

We're up, wide-eyed, and wondering while we wait for others to wake.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

What type of Figurative Language is this?

The burning wood hissed and crackled.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

What type of Figurative Language is this?

The sun played hide and seek with the clouds.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

What type of figurative language is this?

He was on cloud nine after he won first place in the competition.

• alliteration

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

What type of figurative language is this?

The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.

• personification

• imagery

• simile

• idiom

What is the meaning of this simile?

My mouth was as dry as a bone.

• I ate a bone.

• The bone was too dry.

• My mouth was very dry.

• Bones are dry when they are in your mouth.

Why would an author use this figurative language sentence?

Her head was spinning from all the new information.

• To show how a girl's head looked.

• To tell that new information makes your head spin.

• To tell the reader that the girl has a wobbly head.

• To let readers know that the girl has many thoughts going through her head.