Figurative Language Review

What type of figurative language is the quote "behaving like a babbling, bumbling band of baboons"?

• alliteration

• assonance

• hyperbole

• personification

What type of figurative language is the quote, "daft dimbo"?

• hyperbole

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

What type of figurative language is Horton's quote, "I'm light as a feather"?

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is the quote, "heavy feather"?

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• personification

• alliteration

What type of figurative language is the quote, "Your mind is like this water..."?

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

What type of figurative language is Po (the Kung Fu Panda) using in this scene where he describes himself as a fighter?

• personification

• symbolism

• hyperbole

• metaphor

What type of figurative language is the quote "all that glitters is gold"?

*The phrase is actually "All that glitters is not gold," which is an aphorism (something that states a universal truth).

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

• oxymoron

What type of figurative language is the quote, "Ogres are like onions"?

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

• simile

Gingie uses phrases like "look out below" and "hang tight."  What type of figurative language could BOTH of these phrases be considered?

• idiom

• allusion

• alliteration

• personification

What type of figurative language is the quote, "When you were young and your heart was an open book..."?

• Personification

• Idiom

• metaphor