Figurative Language

Figurative language is also called...

What refers to repetition of the ending sounds of words in a sentence?

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Rule

What is the use of the words “like” or “as" to compare two different things

What is the use of sounds as words in a sentence?

• Euphemism

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Comparing two different things without using the words “like” or “as” is known as...

The repetition of the beginning sounds of words occurring together is known as

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Rhyme

What is used to give human characteristics to nonhuman or abstract things?

What is using exaggeration to emphasise a point or create humour?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

They fought like cats and dogs