Figurative Language

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

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

• Simile
• Metaphor

Life is like a box of chocolates.

• Metaphor
• Simile

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

• Onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

An extreme exaggeration from the truth.

• Assonance
• Rhyme
• Simile
• Hyperbole

giving human traits to something that is not human

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• personification
• simile

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!

I am as hungry as a bear! 

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification