Figurative Language High School

A comparison where one thing is said to be another is

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

"The stars in the sky winked," is an example of what?

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Homework is a breeze, is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Repetition

• Metaphor

A hyperbole is

• repeating the beginning sound in words

• giving human qualities to animals or objects

• an exaggeration

• a word that imitates the sound that it represents

Identify the figurative language:

Her hair was a bird's nest of tangled locks.

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

exaggerations that make things sound bigger, better, or more than what they truly are is ​ (a)   .

• hyperbole

• mood

• language

• voice

compares two very different things without using like or as (figurative language) ​ ​ (a)  

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• allusion

• alliteration

• personification

• idiom

• hyperbole

• claim

• sequence

“It was confusing, like the inside of a watch.” The quote is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally (figurative language) (a)  

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• claim

• sequence

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

comparing two unlike things using like or as (figurative language) ​ (a)  

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• claim

• sequence

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom