Figurative Language Review

What is the definition of Personification?

• Comparing two unalike things using like or as.

• Comparing two unalike things by saying one things is the other.

• Describing non-human things as if they were human

• the repetition of consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

Which answer would make this sentence an example of a simile: He pushed himself so intensely that he was (a)   ​

• as fast as a cheetah.
• a rocket blasting through the track.
• faster than a fiery flame.

Comparing two unalike things using like or as is an example of:

• Personificiation

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

When a word makes the sound it is describing it is an example of:

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Foreshadowing

• Onomatopoeia

Comparing two unalike things by saying one thing is the other

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Suspense

• Simile

What is the definition of Alliteration?

• Comparing two unalike things using like or as.

• the repetitive first consonant sound of neighboring words.

• words that make the sound they are describing.

• describing a non-human thing as if it has human qualities.

Hyperbole is when you

• exaggerate what you're traying to express.

• repeat the same consonant sounds between neighboring words.

• compare two unalike things using like or as.

• give a non-human thing human characteristics.

Match the example with their correct figurative language type

• Metaphor

• Stop beating around the bush and tell her!

• Personification

• The ship was named Marla. Everyday we told her how pretty she looked sitting in the light.

• Hyperbole

• The sun startled us suddenly.

• Idiom

• I am a shooting star running to my dreams.

• Alliteration

• His face was so red you could cook an egg on it.

An idiom is

• comparing two unalike things using like or as

• comparing two unalike things by saying one things is the other

• repeating the same letter sound of neighboring words

• an expression or saying that does not literarily say or do what the words mean but is commonly used in a community.