Final Review PREP 8: Figurative Language

What is a hyperbole?

• A realistic description
• An extreme exaggeration for effect
• A scientific term
• A type of math problem

In the phrase 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse', what type of figurative language is being used?

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Personification

Personification means:

• Giving human traits to non-living things
• Comparing two unlike things
• Using sound words
• Creating a rhyme

Which sentence uses personification?

• The wind whispered secrets
• I ran quickly
• The book was placed on the table
• She walked slowly

A simile always uses which words?

• And
• But
• Like or as
• Then

Which is a simile?

• She is a tiger
• She runs like a tiger
• She moves with tiger energy
• Tigers are fast

A metaphor directly compares two things without using:

• Nouns
• Verbs
• Like or as
• Adjectives

Which is a metaphor?

• Her smile was as bright as the sun
• Her smile is sunshine
• She smiled brightly
• The sun was shining

Onomatopoeia is:

• A word that sounds like its meaning
• A long scientific term
• A type of poetry
• A mathematical concept

Which is an example of onomatopoeia?

• Boom
• Quickly
• Slowly
• Carefully