Figurative Language

“Life is like a box of chocolates” is an example of a

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

what is a metaphor?

• a comparison of to unlike things that does not use “like” or “as”

• a comparison of to unlike things that does use “like” or “as”

• an extreme exaggeration

• sound words or effects like “boom” “bam” “pow”

which is an alliteration?

• “Life is a box of chocolates.”

• “You are like 1000 years old!”

• “I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.”

• “Sally sold shells at the shore.”

• none of these

“I am so tired, I could sleep for a year straight” is an example of a/an

True or False: “Kill two birds with one stone” is an example of an idiom

• True

• False

“Nice wheels!” is an example of a/an

• simile

• alliteration

• synecdoche

• idiom