Hoot Figurative Language

Which sentences includes personification?

• Jill was so hungry she could eat a horse.

• Mom made many muffins.

• The angry sky threw lightening bolts at us.

• Emmett jumped like a kangaroo.

When things are compared using the words like or as.

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

The slices of bread jumped from the toaster suddenly, scaring me.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

Using an exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally.

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

"She cried so long her bedroom flooded with tears" is an examples of...

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

"She walked down the hall as quiet as a mouse" is an example of a

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

This compares two things using words like or as.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

• idiom

This sound word also suggests the word meaning

• onomatopeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

“The moon was a lantern in the sky” is an example of what?

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

What type of figurative language is used when an object or animal is given human characteristics?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole