Prelessons Review

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

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• personification

This term means to use a strong exaggeration:

• personification
• idiom
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

'Pop! The cork flew from the champagne bottle.'  The word 'pop' is an example of:

• personification
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• hyperbole

“ It’s raining cats and dogs.”

• personification

• idiom

• alliteration

• allusion

“It's a piece of cake.”

• hyperbole

• idiom

• allusion

• simile

”A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open”.-Frank Zappa

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

“Tick, tock.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of the words.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• simile

What is an Example of Alliteration?

• She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
• She was giving him the cold shoulder
• He was fuming like a pot.

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor