Figurative Language

Match each literary device with its correct definition.

• Personification

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

• Metaphor

• Comparing two unlike things without using like or as. Calling one thing, another. Saying one thing is something else.

• Hyperbole

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• Simile

• Describing something with exaggeration

Fill in the blank: An oxymoron is a word or phrase in which contradictory or opposite terms are used together. An example of an oxymoron is act ______.

• naturally

• quickly

• loudly

• softly

Match each literary device to its correct example.

• The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

• Personification

• Her voice is music to my ears.

• hyperbole

• Deafening silence filled the room.

• simile

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• oxymoron

• I've told you a million times!

• metaphor

The west wind dances down the road is an example of (a)   .

• oxymoron
• Personification
• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor

A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.

• Personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• oxymoron

The band played to a small crowd at the concert.

• Personification

• oxymoron

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Match each figure of speech with its correct example.

• Time is a thief.

• metaphor

• She’s as tiny as a mouse.

• simile

• I’ve told you a million times!

• hyperbole

• Bittersweet victory.

• oxymoron

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• Personification

Read the sentence: '“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.' The literary device used in this sentence is (a)   .

• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Alliteration

The sentence 'The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.' uses the literary device called (a)   .

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification

The sentence: 'The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.' uses the literary device called (a)   .

• Personification
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Hyperbole