Alliteration, Repetition, and Personification

"The wind whispered in my ear" is an example of what type(s) of figurative language?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Rhyme

Personification is....

• something that is ALWAYS funny

• comparing two things

• giving human qualities to non-human things

• a literal meaning that does not use figurative language

Alliteration is....

• when words have the same BEGINNING sound

• comparing two things

• giving human qualities to non-human things

• when words have the same ENDING sound

When words have the same ENDING sound, it's called...

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Rhyming

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

"An apple can taste very nice

Why don't you try a slice?"

This poem features what type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Personification

Using repeated sounds at the BEGINNING of words describes which kind of figurative language?

• Rhyming

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

What is a benefit to having words with the same sounds in a poem?

• Readers will remember the poem better!

• It creates a rhythm when it's read

• There is no benefit.

• It's fun!

"Jenny jumped in the gigantic jungle" is an example of which figurative language type?

• Alliteration

• Rhyming

• Metaphor

• Personification

"I have a little turtle

His name is Tiny Tim

I put him in the bathtub

To see if he could swim"

The second and fourth lines show an example of...

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Rhyming

• None of the above

Answer explanation

Tim & Swim rhyme! (same ENDING sound)