Figurative Language

An exaggerated statement is a...

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• Words that sound like their meaning

• A comparison between two things not using like or as

Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of:

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

'That test was a breeze!' is an example of:

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• idiom

The boy was standing like a statue on the sidewalk in everyone's way.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

“It's a piece of cake.”

• hyperbole

• idiom

• allusion

• simile

 “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!” is an example of what figurative language device? 

• Hyperbole
• Personification 
• Simile 
• Metaphor 

...the sound of the rain falling in tons and avalanches, everywhere and forever.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

The fire hungrily devoured everything in its path.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Allusion