Figurative Language

What figurative language shows extreme exaggeration?

• personification
• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration

What figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as"?

• metaphor
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• simile

What figurative language uses the same beginning sound throughout a sentence or phrase?

• alliteration
• personification
• onomatopoeia
• simile

What figurative language gives advice or help?

• alliteration
• personification
• adages and proverbs
• simile

What type of figurative language is a creative way of saying something, and does not mean what it literally says?

• idiom
• onomatopoeia
• simile

What type of figurative language is this: "The moon smiled at me."?

• alliteration
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

What type of figurative language is this: "I am as hungry as a bear."?

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

What type of figurative language is this: "The stars will cry."?

• personification
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

Evelyn was feeling under the weather and couldn't take the test. What does "under the weather" mean in this sentence?

• sick
• happy
• wet
• angry

Steve is the cheetah of his track team. What type of figurative language is this?

• simile
• personification
• metaphor
• alliteration