Figures of Speech

What is a metaphor?

• A metaphor is a type of poem.

• A metaphor is a type of simile.

• A metaphor is a type of personification.

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

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

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

What is personification?

• A form of poetry

• Personification

• A type of dance

• A method of cooking

Which figure of speech exaggerates or overstates something for emphasis?

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• understatement

What is alliteration?

• 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.

• 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.

Which figure of speech repeats the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?

• metaphor

• alliteration

• rhyme

• simile

Give an example of a metaphor.

• Time is money.

• Time is a thief.

• Time is a river.

• Money is time.

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 wind whispered through the trees.

• The flowers bloomed with joy.

• The river danced over the rocks.

• The sun is shining brightly.

Give an example of hyperbole.

• I'm so full I could explode.

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

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

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.