Figurative Language

Giving inanimate objects human characteristics

• hyperbole

• symbole

• mood

• personification

An exaggeration for dramatic effect.

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

• hyperbole

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

Which is an example of personification?

• A rose by any other name is just as sweet

• The white clouds walk across the sky

• That is the ugliest car that I ever saw.

What is the definition of hyperbole?

• When a group of of words all start with the same sound.
• When words sound like what they mean.
• An extreme exaggeration 
• A comparison 

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.
• The trees danced in the wind.
• I waited in line for 10 years!
• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

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