Figurative language review

A word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning

• figurative language

• literal language

• simile

Mom drew a line in the sand about using our phones at the dinner table and now we talk a lot more during family dinner.

What is this an example of?

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

Giving human characteristics to animals or objects -

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

The girl's backpack weighed a ton.

This is an example of

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• alliteration

a way of comparing two things using the words like or as

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

A buzzing bee flew right by my ear.

This is an example of_____

• idiom

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

A way of comparing two things directly

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Slipping and sliding, I stumbled in the snow and slush.

This is an example of ________

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• idiom

When a word represents a sound or the sound that an object or action makes-

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

A common expression understood figuratively because the literal definition makes no sense-

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• idiom