Figurative Language Quizz

"The teenager is as hungry as a wolf" is an example of...

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

"The palm trees were dancing in the wind" is an example of...

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

"I’ve seen this movie a thousand times" is an example of...

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

What is alliteration?

• A big exaggeration

• Giving a non-living thing human qualities

• The repetition of consonant sounds

• Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• Comparing two things NOT using like or as

• An extreme exaggeration

• Giving human qualities to a non-living thing

What is hyperbole?

• An extreme exaggeration

• Comparing two unlike things NOT using like or as

• Repetitive consonant sounds

What is a metaphor?

• Using like or as to compare two unlike things

• Comparing two things NOT using like or as

• A form of word play in which the word has a double meaning.

What is personification?

• The repetition of usually consonant sounds.

• giving something human qualities

• Big exaggeration

Which is an example of a metaphor?

• She is like a bear in the morning- grumpy and cruel.

• The flower stretched her hand out to the sun, yearning for its' rays.

• Her hair was silk.

• Buzz, Hiss, Woof

"Frank fed four funny fish in the fish tank" is an example of...

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor