"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

What is a cliche?

• A comparison without like or as.

• Two opposing ideas.

• Tongue twisters.

• An overused phrase or saying

Which type of figurative language is used in the following Beatles song, "Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter?"

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Cliche

Define hyperbole.

• An overused phrase

• Its raining cats and dogs

• An over (excessive) exaggeration

• A comparison of two unlike things, using like or as

You have a smile that lights up the room is an example of what type of figurative language

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

“I hear the crunch of someone walking.”

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

An example of a metaphor is...

• The boy was as fast as a cheetah.
• That's the first photo of France from the outer Space. 
• The snow is a white blanket.
• The trees whispered in the moonlight.

An example of alliteration is...

• The boy was as fast as a cheetah.
• That's the first photo of France from the outer Space. 
• The snow is a white blanket.
• The trees whispered in the moonlight.

A statement or proposition which is self-contradictory, unreasonable or illogical is:

• Metaphor

• Paradox

• Simile

• Ironic

Which statement is more formal?

• When she saw my grades, my mother became very angry.

• When she saw my grades, my mom threw a fit.