Figurative Language FA

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using like or as.

• Where the story takes place.

• A comparison not using like or as.

• What the whole story is about.

Has words that represent a sound.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

What is a simile?

• A comparison using like or as.

• The author's point of view.

• What the story is about.

• The main characters problem.

Has two or more words in a line that start with the same sound.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Uses extreme exaggeration.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Gives human qualities to something that is not human.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Which phrase is NOT a simile?

• He's a workhorse

• He's as strong as an ox

• He is as fast as a cheetah

• You're as cold as ice

Life is a roller coaster ride.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

The rootbeer fizzed as I poured it into my cup.

• metaphoroeia

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

I can smell pizza from a mile away.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole