Figurative Language Review

He has been walking for days and days, when he has only been walking for 5 minutes is an example of:

• Idiom

• Simile

• Cliche

• Hyperbole

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Which is an example of personification?

• A rose by any other name is just as sweet

• The white clouds raced swiftly across the sky

• That is the ugliest car that I ever saw.

How would allusion be defined?

• a reference to a famous person, place, or event

• words that involve one of the five senses

• two lines working as a unit

• a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds

Something that represents something else by resembling it, or association with it, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Symbol

• None of the above

Allusion or Not an Allusion?

• Allusion

• Not an allusion

"I caught a fish as big as a house," is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Personification

• A simile

• A hyperbole

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."

What is being personified?

• The walls

• The scream

• The room

• The orange

The comic book superhero Spider-Man possesses a spidey sense that warns him of impending trouble.

What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?

Luther picked up his pace on the trail as his spidey sense began to tingle.

• sense of smell

• sense of danger

• sense of wonder

• sense of pride

"Her eyes were like a deep ocean filled with endless mystery." This is an example of ____________________.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Structure