Figurative Language

What is a simile?

• a comparison using the words "like" or "as"

• a comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"

• An adverbial phrase that compares one thing to another

• a type of poem in which two things are compared

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

• The mouse was quiet

• The mouse was whisper-quiet

• The mouse was quiet as a whisper

• The mouse's footsteps sounded whispery

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"

• A comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"

• An adverbial phrase that compares one thing to another

• A type of poem in which two things are compared

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• His hair is flame red

• Like a flame, his hair is red

• In the sunlight, his hair is flame

• His hair is red as a flame

What is a hyperbole?

• A comparison using "like" or "as".

• A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics.

• An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

• an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.

Which of these is a hyperbole?

• They lived in a small cabin in the woods.

• The boy was taller than the Eiffel tower.

• Jackson was eating a bite-sized candy bar.

• The moon is overwhelmingly beautiful tonight.

What is personification?

• A word that is a sound
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest. What is being personified?

• The forest

• The wind

• A person whispering

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.  

• croak
• Mrs. Davis
• frogs
• pond