Figurative Language

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

Giving human qualities to something non-human

• Metpahor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Sound words

• Simile

• Onomatopeia

• Idiom

• Alliteration

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

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

The students are as busy as bees as they worked to finish their final project for the school year.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Definition: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words

• assonance

• alliteration

• personification

• repetition

An extreme exaggeration to make a point

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Definition: giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• imagery

• irony

• personification

• hyperbole

What does the sentence below actually mean?

The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

• The car was not starting and making noises.

• The car was a big complainer.

• The car started up perfectly normal.

• The car hurt the person inside.

Definition: a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• irony