Figurative Language Review

Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.
• His room looked as if a hurricane came through.
• A hurricane! AHHH!
• The hurricane screamed through the town. 

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• A comparison without using "like" or "as"
• A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
• An extreme exaggeration

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

• Boom!
• No!
• Yes!
• Go!

What is the definition of hyperbole?

• When a group of of words all start with the same sound.
• When words sound like what they mean.
• An extreme exaggeration 
• A comparison 

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.
• The trees danced in the wind.
• I waited in line for 10 years!
• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

"The city was a jungle" is an example of what?

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Fall Fridays feel fantastic. 

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.
• She talks really loudly.
• She gets really angry. 
• She spits when she talks. 

What's the meaning of this hyperbole?
"Shawn would move mountains for Angela."

• Shawn and Angela like to climb mountains together.
• Shawn paints pictures of mountain scenes.
• Shawn would do anything for Angela.
• Angela is really pretty.