Figures of Speech

What is a metaphor?

• A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying one thing is another thing.

• A metaphor is a type of poem.

• A metaphor is a type of personification.

• A metaphor is a type of simile.

Which figure of speech compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

What is personification?

• A method of cooking

• Personification

• A form of poetry

• A type of dance

Which figure of speech exaggerates for emphasis or dramatic effect?

• metaphor

• understatement

• hyperbole

• overstatement

What is alliteration?

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of non-adjacent or loosely connected words.

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Repetition of different sounds or letters at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Give an example of a metaphor.

• The world is a stage.

• Love is a battlefield.

• Life is a box of chocolates.

• Time is money.

Give an example of a simile.

• The water is as clear as glass.

• Their love is like a rose.

• Her smile is like sunshine.

• His laugh is like a thunderstorm.

Give an example of personification.

• The sun is shining brightly.

• The flowers bloomed with joy.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• The river danced over the rocks.

Give an example of hyperbole.

• I'm so tired I could sleep for a year.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• I'm so full I could explode.

• I'm so cold I could turn into an ice cube.

Give an example of alliteration.

• Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

• The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

• She sells sea shells on the seashore.

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.