Figurative Language

What kind of figurative language is this sentence? Lightning danced across the sky.

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

What sentence is a metaphor?

• The snow is a white blanket

• Friday is as fun as a party!

• People can be so mean.

• He is like a shining star.

Bang! Pop! Bang!

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Personification is when...

• words that sound like what they are

• someone says the opposite of what they mean

• you make a comparison of two unlike things

• you give human qualities to an object, animal, or idea

Which is true?

• The pillow is a cloud on my head (Simile)

• Bang! Kaboom! (Hyperbole)

• The strawberries were yelling, "Eat me first!" (Personificaiton)

• I am as fast as a cheetah (Metaphor)

Will was wonderful and wanted the best for his family.

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Smilie

Clap your hands a little louder!

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

It took me a million years to finish my book!

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Some tongue twisters are an example of what?

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

He is as old as the hills.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor