Identifying Figurative Language in Reading

Compares two different things using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

An extreme exaggeration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

• hyperbole

A word that represents a sound

• idiom

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Using very descriptive language

• idiom

• imagery

• hyperbole

• personification

Compares two different things without using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

The same letter sound is repeated throughout a sentence

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• idiom

• personification

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects

• hyperbole

• imagery

• personification

• simile

An expression where the words used, mean something different than you would find in the dictionary

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

Jonathan was so exhausted he could have slept for a year.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

The girl was as bright as the sun.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom