Figurative Language

Giving human qualities to something non-human

• Metpahor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

He is as busy as a bee.

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

An extreme exaggeration to make a point

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

It took me 100 years to finish my homework last night.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

Repetition of beginning sounds in words

• Simile

• Onomatopeia

• Idiom

• Alliteration

A comparison of two ore more different things using like or as

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

The lillies in the field danced gaily in the wind.

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

The evening melted away like a snowflake.

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

The runner was a turtle in the race, and they ended up in last place.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

The heater yelled as it was turned on during the first winter of the year

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration