SC Ready Figurative Language Review

Hyperbole is...

• A word representing a sound

• Giving human characteristics to something

• An exaggeration

• A comparison using like or as

A simile is...

• A word representing a sound

• Repeating the same consonant sound

• A phrase which has a different meaning from what is said

• A comparison using like or as

Onomatopoeia is...

• A word representing a sound

• Repeating the same consonant sound

• A phrase which has a different meaning from what is said

• Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive

A metaphor is...

• Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive

• A word representing a sound

• A comparison saying that one thing is another thing

• An exaggeration

Alliteration is...

• Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive

• Repeating the same consonant sound

• A comparison using like or as

• An exaggeration

Personification is ......

• An exaggeration

• A word representing a sound

• A phrase which has a different meaning from what is said

• Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive

An idiom is...

• An exaggeration

• A word representing a sound

• A phrase which has a different meaning from what is said

• Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive

"He got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning" is an example of...

• alliteration

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

"The doors to the castle swung open, inviting me in" is an example of...

• alliteration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

"Peter promptly prepared the spicy peppers" is an example of...

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole