Figurative Language

What form of figurative language is this example? “Tick, tock.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

”A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open”.-Frank Zappa

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

“I like to walk in the woods and see what Mother Nature is wearing.” - Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People

• hyperbole

• allusion

• personification

• idiom

“It's a piece of cake.”

• hyperbole

• idiom

• allusion

• simile

”Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary,” - Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

“Conscience is a man’s compass.” - Vincent Van Gogh

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• idiom

“ It’s raining cats and dogs.”

• personification

• idiom

• alliteration

• allusion

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• Words that sound like their meaning

• A comparison between two things not using like or as

Alliteration is...

• an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• a comparison using like or as

• repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Words that sound like their meaning

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison that does not use like, as, or than

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• A comparison that does use like, as, or than

• words that sound like their meaning