figurative language

What is a simile? 

• Comparing two unlike things without  using  like and as
• Comparing two things in a text
• Comparing two unlike things using  like and as
• None of the above

The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia 

What is a hyperbole?

• An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally. 
• Telling the truth
• Comparing a rock to a island
• Break a leg

What type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.

• personification
• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile

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. 

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• simile

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

I nearly died laughing is an example of what?

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman object or animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

“I like to walk in the woods and see what Mother Nature is wearing.” - Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People

• hyperbole

• allusion

• personification

• idiom