Figurative Language Mini 16

A simile.....

• tells what a person likes
• compares two unlike things using the words like or as
• compares two similar things 
• tells what a person is doing

the repetition of the initial consonant sound in two or more neighboring words or syllables

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• alliteration

which is the best example of alliteration?

• Only three girls came to the picnic.
• She wants to see that movie.
• I like popcorn, peanuts, and Pepsi when I watch movies.
• The sun was in my eyes all day and I got a headache!

2. Comparing two unlike things without like or as, is called a 

• Simile
• Metaphor

Life is like a box of chocolates.

• Metaphor
• Simile

My dad is a rock.

• Metaphor
• Simile

An extreme exaggeration from the truth.

• Assonance
• Rhyme
• Simile
• Hyperbole

use of descriptive words/phrases to create a picture for the reader

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• imagery
• hyperbole

giving human traits to something that is not human

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• personification
• simile

groups of lines within a poem, like a paragraph in prose

• stanza
• paragraph
• imabic pentameter
• sonnet