Figurative Language

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things without using like or as

• Comparing two things in a text

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• None of the above

What is a metaphor?

• Comparing two things in a text

• An over exageration

• Comparing two things without using like or as

• Comparing two things using like or as

What id a hyperbole?

• Telling the truth

• An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally

• Comparing a rock to a board

• I like to eat pie

What is an example of alliteration?

• The plant liked to fly

• I like to eat

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

• The vase flew off the shelf

The firework exploded in the air, making a big BOOM! in the air, is an example of?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse is an example of?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

When you give human-like qualities to something that is not human.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Words that resemble the sound that they describe.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration