Figurative Language Practice

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

• personification
• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• idiom

The rain ran down the road. 

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• idiom

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• simile

What is personification?

• Figure of speech putting together two contradictory terms

• Extreme exaggeration

• Giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects and animals

• Comparing two things without like or as

“I tell her of my father’s great herd, and how they would graze each day, walking for miles, the sun in our bones, the grass whispering its shy music.”

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Rachel is a walking encyclopedia.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Idiom

The sea lashed out in anger at the ships, unwilling to tolerate another battle.

• hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Repetition