Figurative Language Practice

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of the words.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• simile

What is an Example of Alliteration?

• She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
• She was giving him the cold shoulder
• He was fuming like a pot.

Pick a sentence that contains an Alliteration?

• Kim's kid kept kicking at the air.

• Plastic bags rip easily.

• Kayla is my best friend.

• Mrs. Flay is a super teacher!

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor

An onomatopoeia is also known as what?

• An action word
• A descriptive word
• A sound word
• A statement

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.  

• croak
• Mrs. Davis
• frogs
• pond

She was so pretty my eyes popped out!

• Onomatopia
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

He was so hideous I got blind!

• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Allusion
• Oxymoron

Ethan’s smile is a mile wide.

• Metaphor 
• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole

The ice sculptor’s hands fluttered like hummingbird wings.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification