Figurative Language Review

What is an example of hyperbole?

• An example of hyperbole is 'I have a million things to do today.'

• An example of hyperbole is 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.'

• An example of hyperbole is 'It's raining cats and dogs.'

• An example of hyperbole is 'He runs faster than the wind.'

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words.

• A poetic device that involves the use of rhyme.

• The use of metaphors to create vivid imagery.

• A technique that involves the repetition of vowel sounds.

What is personification?

• A figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas.

• A type of metaphor that compares two unlike things directly.

• A literary device that uses exaggeration for emphasis.

• A technique that involves the repetition of consonant sounds.

What is an example of a simile?

• Her smile was like sunshine.

• He runs as fast as a cheetah.

• Time is a thief.

• She is a night owl.

What is an idiom?

• A phrase that has a literal meaning only.

• A type of metaphor used in poetry.

• A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

• A grammatical structure used in formal writing.

What is an example of personification?

• The flowers danced in the breeze.

• The cat slept on the mat.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• The sun smiled down on us.

What is an example of alliteration?

• She sells seashells by the seashore.

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?

• Betty Botter bought some butter.

What is a simile?

• A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

• A type of metaphor that does not use 'like' or 'as'.

• A statement that is literally true and cannot be interpreted otherwise.

• A rhetorical question that does not require an answer.

What is an example of an idiom?

• 'Break a leg,' which means 'Good luck.'

• 'Kick the bucket,' which means 'To die.'

• 'Piece of cake,' which means 'Something easy.'

• 'Under the weather,' which means 'Feeling ill.'

What is an example of a metaphor?

• The classroom was a zoo.

• He runs like the wind.

• Time is a thief.

• She has a heart of stone.