Figurative Language Task Cards

Which of the following best defines onomatopoeia?

• comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• a word that sounds like the noise or action being described

• a phrase or expression that has become very common

• an unrealistic exxageration

Which of the following best defines alliteration?

• comparing two unlike things, implying one is similar to the other

• giving human qualities to non-human things

• the repetition of a sound in closely connected words or in a series of sentences

• a phrase whose literal meaning is different from the implied meaning

Which of the following best defines a metaphor?

• an unrealistic exaggeration

• giving human qualities to non-human things

• a phrase or expression that has become very common

• comparing two unlike things implying one is similar to the other

Which of the following best defines a simile?

• a phrase whose literal meaning is different from the implied meaning

• a word that sounds like the noise or action being described

• the repetition of a sound in closely connected words or in a series of sentences

• comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

Which of the following best defines a cliché?

• a phrase or expression that has become very common

• a word that sounds like the noise or action being described

• giving human qualities to non-human things

• the repetition of a sound in closely connected words or in a series of sentences

Which of the following best defines an idiom?

• an unrealistic exaggeration

• comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• comparing two unlike things implying one is similar to the other

• a phrase whose literal meaning is different from the implied meaning

Which of the following best defines hyperbole?

• comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• the repetition of a sound in closely connected words or in a series of sentences

• an unrealistic exaggeration

• comparing two unlike things implying one is similar to the other

Which of the following best defines personification?

• a phrase whose literal meaning is different from the implied meaning

• a word that sounds like the noise or action being described

• the repetition of a sound in closely connected words or in a series of sentences

• giving human qualities to non-human things

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• the surf swept up on the sunny shore

• click it or ticket

• a drop in the bucket

• clank

Which of the following is an example of an idiom?

• add fuel to the fire

• bright as a diamond

• her bag weighed a ton

• the candy was killing my cavity