Figurative language

An exaggerated statement is a...

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• Words that sound like their meaning

• A comparison between two things not using like or as

What is onomatopoeia?

• Words that sound like what they mean

• an exaggerated statement

• a comparison using like, as, or than

• an expression not meant to be taken literally (ex. On cloud 9, raining cats and dogs)

Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of:

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

'That test was a breeze!' is an example of:

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• idiom

The boy was standing like a statue on the sidewalk in everyone's way.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

“It's a piece of cake.”

• hyperbole

• idiom

• allusion

• simile

 “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!” is an example of what figurative language device? 

• Hyperbole
• Personification 
• Simile 
• Metaphor 

Snap, crackle, and pop are examples of this. 

• Personification 
• Hyberbole 
• Onomatopeoia
• Simlie