Figurative Language Review

Sarah smelled the sweet, scarlet flower.

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

Grandma stood as proud as a peacock, when people complimented her garden.

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

Towering above the other plants, the sunflowers were a fence protecting the vegetables.

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

After the car backed into the garden, the roses wept for their smashed friends.

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

The townspeople say Grandma's flowers are the most beautiful flowers in the entire world!

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Early in the morning, only the buzzing bees broke the silence of the garden.

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

What is hyperbole?

• A comparison using "like" or "as".

• when non-human objects have human characteristics.

• A wild exaggeration.

• an expression whose meaning is totally different from the literal meaning.

Which describes personification?

• Giving human qualities to objects or animals.

• Comparing 2 things using "like" or "as"

• Comparing 2 things saying that one things is something else.

What object is being personified in the sentence?

In other words: What object is acting like a human?

The bright orange walls screamed at her when she walked in the room.

• walls

• scream

What object is being personified in this sentence?

In other words: What object is doing something only people can do?

The wind whistled a happy tune as I hiked along the mountain trail.

• mountain

• wind

• tune