Restart Figurative Language

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in a phrase

• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Idiom

An exaggeration

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Idiom
• Personification

A comparison of two unlike things that suggests a similarity between the two items (does NOT use like or as)

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Idiom
• Personification

A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Personification

Making an inanimate object or animal act like a person

• Personification
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Idiom

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below? "We’ve got enough, but Shoshana is like a bloodhound, on her hands and knees in the closet, running her hand along the baseboard." (Korman 118)

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Personification

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below? When I rip the leaves off my face, I see that the pile is about a third as big as it used to be, and the sky is dancing with blowing debris. (Korman 126)

• Personification
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Idiom

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below? "In spite of all that, Shoshanna and I are getting along better every day. She doesn't hold it against me that her brother thinks I'm the devil." (Korman 148)

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Idiom
• Personification

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below? A million questions whirl through my head. Did I hear right? Is she kidding? (p.154)

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Idiom
• Personification