English Language Learners Figurative Language

The following sentence is an example of which type of figurative language?

"The house was as quiet as a mouse."

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

The following sentence is an example of which type of figurative language?

"I am so hungry, I could eat a horse."

• simile

• metaophor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Fill in the blank.

________________________ is when words mean something other than their literal meaning.

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• idiom

• figurative language

Fill in the blank.

_________________________ is a word that mimics or describes the sound of an object or action it refers to.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Fill in the blank.

______________________ are words or phrases not to be taken literally.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

The following sentence is an example of which type of figurative language?

"Susan saved a psychic from a seagull."

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaophor

• idiom

The following sentence is an example of which type of figurative language?

"My computer hates me."

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

The following sentence is an example of which type of figurative language?

"The crickets chirped through the midnight air."

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Fill in the blank.

________________________ is when two or more words in a line of poetry or sentence have the same beginning sound.

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

• idiom

The following sentence is an example of which type of figurative language?

"My mouth is as dry as the Sahara Desert."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole