Figurative Language

What is a group of words with a meaning that is different from their literal meaning?

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

What is an exaggeration that is not meant to be taken seriously?

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

When you compare two unlike things using the words "like" or "as," you are using a _______________________?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Smile

A word that is a sound, is a type of ____________?

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

A ________ is when you compare two unlike thing NOT using "like" or "as."

• Simile

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Personification

When you give humanlike qualities to a non-human object, what type of figurative language are you using?

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.

• His room looked as if a hurricane came through.

• A hurricane! AHHH!

• The hurricane screamed through the town.