Figurative Language

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

"The tropical storm slept for days" is an example of...

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

I'm dying to see that movie.

• I can wait a little longer.
• I don't want to see the movie.
• I'm excited about seeing the movie.

"I have a ton of homework" is an example of...

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

I could sleep for an hour.

• Hyperbole

• Not a hyperbole

Using human qualities or characteristics to describe non human things

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

I am so hungry I could eat a slice of pie.

• Hyperbole

• Not a Hyperbole

Hyperbole or not?

Mary will be back in just a second.

• Hyperbole

• Not hyperbole

What does this metaphor mean? Tim has a car, but it's a dinosaur.

• Tim loves the T-Rex

• Tim's car is really old

• Tim went to Jurassic Park

• Tim's car is small

Explain the meaning of the personification below.

It's raining cats and dogs!

• Cats and dogs are crying.

• Cats and dogs are falling out of the sky.

• It's raining a little bit.

• The sky is pouring down rain.