Figurative Language

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

I nearly died laughing is an example of what?

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

"You are the thunder, and I am the lightning," is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Cliche

• Personification

Define hyperbole.

• An overused phrase

• Its raining cats and dogs

• An over (excessive) exaggeration

• A comparison of two unlike things, using like or as

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman object or animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

He has been walking for days and days, when he has only been walking for 5 minutes is an example of:

• Idiom

• Simile

• Cliche

• Hyperbole

The flowers danced in the wind is an example of:

• Simile

• Personification

• Cliche

• Idiom

“I like to walk in the woods and see what Mother Nature is wearing.” - Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People

• hyperbole

• allusion

• personification

• idiom

"Her eyes were like a deep ocean filled with endless mystery." This is an example of ____________________.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Structure

"The eerie silence was shattered by her scream." This is an example of ___________________________. 

• Theme
• Plot
• Rhyme
• Imagery