Figurative Language

The final exam was easy as  ABC!

• Simile 
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• give person-like qualities to animals and things

• have a different meaning than the words.

What does the hyperbole "I have a million things to do today" mean?

• There is nothing to do today.

• There is a million things to do today.

• There is a lot to do today.

The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky

• Metaphore

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Brave as a lion

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

The dog barked ruff, ruff

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

The thunder grumbled like an old man

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

The water splashed all over the top of the car

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Compares 2 unlike things using like or as

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile