Language Review

"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

What is personification?

• comparing two things using like or as

• giving human traits to objects or ideas

• a dramatic exaggeration

• a word that resembles the sound it represents

What is a simile?

• a phrase that means something else than what it says

• comparing two things by saying one is the other

• comparing two things by using like or as

• a word that resembles the sound it represents

What is a hyperbole?

• comparing two things using like or as

• an extreme exaggeration

• giving human traits to objects or ideas

• words or phrases that are contradictory

The restless children were hopping about like kernels in a corn popper.

What figure of speech is this an example of?

• Metaphore

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

What type of figurative language is this?
The snow was a blanket covering the ground.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

The Flash is fast like lightning. This is an example of...

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

Fall Fridays feel fantastic.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor