Figurative Languages

Read the sentence--which figurative language is used.

He was so strong, he could chop the tree down with one swing of his axe.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Piece of cake

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• homophone

when pigs fly

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• homograph

a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• irony

• personification

a comparison of two unlike things by saying that one thing IS another dissimilar object or thing

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

Choose the simile

• The man is a lion.

• The man is like a lion.

Chose the metaphor.

• The man is like a lion.

• The man is a lion.

Using "sound words" in poetry such as, "BAM!" "BANG!" "CRASH!"

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

A hyperbole is

• It is used to show extreme exaggeration.

• Words to convey a meaning that is opposite of what is actually said.

• It is when words in a phrase start with same letter or sound.

"As I stood in the field, the grass whispering its shy music.”

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion