Figurative Language and Literary Devices

What is the main reason authors use figurative language?

• To make stories longer.

• To confuse readers.

• To help readers feel emotions and imagine things.

• To make sentences shorter.

Which type of figurative language compares two different things using "like" or "as"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

"Her long hair was a flowing golden river." This sentence is an example of what?

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

What does personification do in writing?

• It compares two things using "like" or "as".

• It makes sounds into words.

• It gives human qualities to things that are not human.

• It repeats the same beginning sound in words.

Which word in the sentence "The baseball whizzed past my ear straight into the catcher's mitt for strike 3" is an example of onomatopoeia?

• baseball

• whizzed

• straight

• catcher's

What is imagery?

• Using words that sound like what they mean.

• Giving human qualities to animals or objects.

• Using language that helps you imagine with your five senses.

• An extreme exaggeration.

Why do writers use imagery in their stories?

• To make the story shorter.

• To help the reader understand what is happening and feel more connected to the text.

• To confuse the reader.

• To make the story sound funny.

What is hyperbole?

• A comparison using "like" or "as."

• An extreme exaggeration used to make a point.

• An expression that means something different from its literal words.

• A reference to a famous person or event.

What does it mean if someone says, "That was a piece of cake"?

• They ate a delicious dessert.

• They found something very easy to do.

• They are talking about a literal cake.

• They are feeling hungry.

When a writer makes a brief, indirect reference to a famous story or person, what is it called?

• An idiom.

• A hyperbole.

• An allusion.

• Imagery.