Figurative Language

_____ is a word that imitates the sound it represents.

• figurative language

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

When two or more words in a sentence begin with the same sound ...

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

Giving human characteristics to an object or thing is ___.

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopeoia

What is a hyperbole?

• repeating the beginning consonant sounds

• a comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

• an exaggeration to make a point

• words that do mean the literal meaning

A comparison of two things using "like" or "as" is ...

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

A metaphor is _____ .

• comparing two things without "like" or "as"

• comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• giving human characteristics to objects or things

• words that imitate the sound it represents

What is an example of alliteration?

• The vase flew off the shelf.

• The flower was blooming.

• I am as hungry I could eat a cow.

• Powerful pandas punch parrots.

What is an example of personification?

• The trees danced in the wind.

• Allie ate apples all afternoon.

• The corn went pop in the microwave.

• I have a million things to do.

What is an example of an idiom?

• You are brave as a lion.

• My shoes are killing me.

• That test was easy as pie.

• The waves were tossing the ship back and forth.

My brother is a pig. This is an example of _______.

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole