Figurative Language

"Hoot" is an example of

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Using an exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally.

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Which sentence includes a metaphor?

• I swung the bat and "whack" hit a home run!

• The candy was as sour as a lemon.

• My baby brother is a sweet teddy bear.

• Tommy took two tiny twigs.

"Polly pulled purple petals off a pansy" is a

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

When something that isn't human is given human characteristics.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

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.

"Tom is a human calculator" is a

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

When things are compared WITHOUT using the words like or as.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

"Her heart is like gold" is a

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Smile