Figurative Language: What Does It Mean?

A comparison of two ore more different things using like or as

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

A comparison of who different things by stating that one thing is another

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Giving human qualities to something non-human

• Metpahor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

An extreme exaggeration to make a point

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

The runner was a turtle in the race, and they ended up in last place.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence? The heater yelled as it was turned on during the first winter of the year

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

What does the sentence below actually mean?

Lightning danced across the sky.

• The lightning was at a dance party.

• There was no lightning in the sky.

• There was a lot of lightning in the sky during a storm.

• The lightning was bad at dancing.

What does the sentence below actually mean?

The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

• The car was not starting and making noises.

• The car was a big complainer.

• The car started up perfectly normal.

• The car hurt the person inside.

What does the sentence below actually mean?

O my Love is like a red, red rose

That’s newly sprung in June;

• The speaker believes that roses are the most beautiful in June

• The speaker believes that the subject is very beautiful

• The speaker is picking roses

• The subject of the poem is a rose