Figurative Language Review

'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:
(a)  

• simile
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• metaphor

This term means to use a strong exaggeration:
(a)  

• hyperbole
• personification
• idiom
• onomatopoeia

'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of:

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• personification

Silly Sammy swam so smoothly' is an example of:

(a)  

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• idiom

What is alliteration?
(a)  

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds
• A word in which the sound reflects is meaning.
• Repeating words or phrases
• Language that appeals to the five senses

The flame in the candle danced in the dark.

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile

What is a simile?
(a)  

• Comparison of two unlike things using ‘like’ or ‘as’
• A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'. 
• Giving inhuman things human like qualities
• An extreme exaggeration

These shoes take 50 million years to put on.
(a)  

• hyperbole
• imagery
• simile
• personification

A figure of speech in which and object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• personification
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• anecdote

What type of figurative language is used below:
The thunder BOOMED, and the lightning CRACKLED.
(a)  

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• idiom
• metaphor