Figurative language

Identify the correct definition for a METAPHOR

• Giving human-like qualities to non-human objects

• Comparing 2 objects using "like" or "as"

• A play on words

• Comparing 2 objects using a form of "IS"

Identify which figurative language technique is being used in the following sentence:

WE HEARD THE BOOMING THUNDER THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SKY.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Identify the correct definition of PERSONIFICATION.

• To give human-like qualities to non-human objects

• Using exaggeration to prove a point

• A peculiar phrase that cannot be taken literally

• Comparing 2 objects using "like" or "as"

Identify the figurative language technique that is used in the following sentence.

THE SOUND OF THE ALARM SCARED ME TO DEATH!

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Pun

Identify the figurative language technique that matches the following definition.

A PLAY ON WORDS

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Pun

Which of the following sentences is a SIMILE?

• I saw a snake as I was walking to school this morning.

• The snow-covered roads were as slippery as soap.

• She was nervous as she walked to her class because she did not do her homework.

• I like pizza.

Identify the following sentence that contains PERSONIFICATION.

• The book fell out of my hands.

• I dropped the book as I was walking.

• The book jumped out of my hands.

• I lost my balance, and the books plunged to the floor.

Identify the figurative language technique in the following sentence.

NOT ALL MATH PUNS ARE TERRIBLE--ONLY SUM.

• Pun

• Idiom

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Identify the definition below that matches IDIOM.

• A word that sounds like its meaning

• A play on words

• Two or more words beginning with the same consonant sound in a sentence or line of poetry

• A peculiar phrase that cannot be taken literally.

Identify the figurative language technique below that means COMPARING 2 OBJECTS USING "LIKE" OR "AS"

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification