Figurative Language

What is a metaphor?

• A word that makes the sound it represents

• A comparison of two unrelated things

• An exaggerated statement

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."

What is being personified?

• The walls

• The scream

• The room

• The orange

"I caught a fish as big as a house," is an example of what literary device?

• Personification

• A simile

• A hyperbole

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

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!

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

• Boom!
• No!
• Yes!
• Go!

What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes

• red-herring

• alliteration

• idiom

• personification

If you say that something costs an arm and a leg,

• it is extremely cheap

• it is not worth the money

• it is very expensive

If you feel under the weather,

• you feel frustrated

• you feel ill

• you feel sad