Figurative Language

The vantage point from which a story is told is called what?

• Tone

• Mood

• Memoir

• Point of View

What is the meaning of this simile? "My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red

• She gets really angry

• She talks very loudly

• She spits when she talks

Talking animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Cliche

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

A comparison of two unlike things that have something in common.

Uses LIKE or AS.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

A comparison of two unlike things that have something in common.

NO like or as.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Alliteration

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Words that imitate or sound like what they mean.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

An over exaggeration.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?

The students were as busy as bees as they worked to finish their final project for the school year.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration