Figurative Language Concepts

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• None

Hyperboles are phrases that

• give person-like qualities to animals and things

• exaggerate

• have a different meaning than the words

• compare two unlike things

"Our feet squished in a mud" is an example of

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personifcation

• a homophone

"It is going to rain tomorrow" is an example of

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• none of them

What is onomatopoeia?

• Words that imitate a sound

• An exaggeration to make a point

• Giving human qualities to an item

• Words or phrases that can be said forwards or backwards

Look at the sentence. What type of figurative language did they use?
Kae was so bored he was pulling his hair out!

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• none

Which is an example of personification?

• The sun smiled down at us.

• My homework was taking me forever!

• The car vroomed past us.

• The line was a million miles long.

"The snow danced around the wind" is an example of

• hyperbole

• personifcation

• onomatopoeia

• none of them

What is personification?

• an exaggeration

• words that imitate a sound

• the characteristics of a person

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

This picture is an example of

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• personification

• none of them