Figurative Language: Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, and Hyperbole

Using sound words

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

What is onomatopoeia?

• The repetition of letter sounds

• An obvious exaggeration

• A word that names a sound

The repetition of sounds in the beginning of words is called...

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Simile

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

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile

What type of figurative language is used below?

Kyle was so bored he was pulling his hair out!

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

She sells sea shells by the sea shore is an example of:

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Which form of figurative speech is this an example of?

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

What onomatopoeia does this image show?

• boo

• moo

• woof

• cling

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• name sounds

• repeat letter sounds

It is so hot outside. I bet it is a thousand degrees!

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration