Figurative Language Review

What is figurative language?

• It's language not to be taken literally.

• Languge that means exactly what's said.

When two or more words that start with the same sound are used repeatedly in a phrase.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

Define hyperbole.

• An overused phrase

• Its raining cats and dogs

• An over (excessive) exaggeration

• A comparison of two unlike things, using like or as

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

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Which type of figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

"My dad is a bear when he sleeps" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

"I nearly died laughing" is an example of what?

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• She was white as a ghost

• Buzz

• Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Peppers

• Break a leg

"The flowers danced in the wind" is an example of:

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Which is the best example of alliteration?

• Only three girls came to the picnic.

• She wants to see that movie.

• I like popcorn, peanuts, and Pepsi when I watch movies.

• The sun was in my eyes all day and I got a headache!