Figurative Language/Poetry Practice

Repetition of consonant sounds like Peter Piper loved picking peppers.

This is an example of ___

• simile

• idiom

• alliteration

• assonance

Break a leg is an example of an exaggeration that means good luck.

This is an example of a __.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

• assonance

When the wind whispers and the floor groans, this gives an object an human trait.

This is an example of __.

• onomatopeia

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

Suzy is as sharp as a knife. Suzy is being compared to a knife using the word "as."

What type of figurative language was used?

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• assonance

Sydney thwacked, thwacked, thwacked the door to Brooklyn's room.

What type of figurative language is a sound word?

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Mother was a bear. He didn't like it when the other spies were being rude to Sara.

What type of figurative language compares but doesn't use like or as?

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

An example of an __ is when we say...

It is raining cats and dogs.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains

This is a __because it is comparing the rain to the sun using "like."

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

The bee BUZZED past us

This is an example of __.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

The daisies nodded their heads in the pasture.

What type of figurative language is above?

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration