Figurative Language 6th

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in the series of words is called

• allusion
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration

Words that imitate sounds

• metaphor
• onomatopeia
• alliteration

Her smile was sunshine.

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• connotation

Big baby, jumbo shrimp, and civil war are all examples of...

• Onomatopoeia

• Puns

• Idioms

• Oxymorons

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is 

• idiom
• hyperbole
• personification

"Peter pranced playfully around the playground" is an example of...

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

Everyone knows the answer to that question.

• personification

• hyperbole

• tone

• mood

Her eyes were like diamonds.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

The flower danced in the wind.

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

"She was so sad that all the tears she cried filled up a lake" is an example of...

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia