Figurative Speech: Hyperbole, Personification, Metaphor, Simile

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"

• A comparison where one thing IS said to be the other

• When you are referring to a TV show, book, or movie

• An extreme exaggeration

a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyberbole

What is a simile?

• comparing two unlike things when one thing IS the other

• comparing two unlike things using the words "as" or "like"

• giving human qualities to a non-living object

• When a word sounds like an action

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

The book cried when nobody checked it out from the library.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

Jamie is the wind when he runs.

• metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

Check all responses that ARE similes.

• Watching this movie is like watching grass grow.

• Those kids are fighting like cats and dogs.

• I like to eat steak and potatoes.

• He should have threw it away as he walked by the trash can.

• He is as fast as a cheetah.

I'm so tired I could sleep for 1,000 years.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

The pen danced across the page as she drew a beautiful picture.

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole