Figurative Language

What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.
• She talks really loudly.
• She gets really angry. 
• She spits when she talks. 

What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.
• I own an expensive camera.
• Photos of me are always really good. 
• I like to visit art museums.

"The stars will cry." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia

The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.

• The car is very old.
• The car was truly made in prehistoric times.
• The car is very new.

Simile or Metaphor:
The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile
• metaphor

What is personification?

• comparing two things using like or as
• giving human traits to nonhuman objects or ideas
• a dramatic exaggeration
• a word that resembles the sound it represents

"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• simile and personification
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

What is being personified? 
The moon guided me through the forest.

• moon
• forest
• me

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• idiom