Language Review

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words is which type of figurative language?

• Assonance

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true is which type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as is which type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

What kind of figurative language is being used?
I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

What kind of figurative language is being used?
The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

What kind of figurative language is being used?
7th grade is a breeze for some people. For others, it's a giant hurricane.

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• A word that is a sound

• An exaggeration

A simile.....

• tells what a person likes

• compares two unlike things using the words like or as

• compares two similar things 

• tells what a person is doing

What is a hyperbole?

• An extreme exaggeration

• A little exaggeration

• Similar sounds

• Compares two things using like or as

Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.

• To be grammatically correct.

• To structure their writing into paragraphs.

• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs.