Figurative Language Lesson

"I caught a fish as big as a house," is an example of what literary device?

• Personification

• A simile

• A hyperbole

Which is an example of personification?

• A rose by any other name is just as sweet

• The white clouds swiftly across the sky

• That is the ugliest car that I ever saw.

"My monkey is making me mighty mad" is an example of what?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

The drive to Disney World will last forever if I have to be stuck in the backseat with my pesky little sister. 

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

A comparison of two seemingly unlike things using "like" or "as"

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Descriptive words that appeal to the senses

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• imagery

An obvious exaggeration to make a point or add excitement

• assonance

• repetition

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

A comparison of two seemingly unlike things

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

A word that spells out a sound

• assonance

• hyperbole

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

The repetition of two or more of the same beginning consonant sound close together

• simile

• imagery

• consonance

• alliteration