Figurative Language

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• A comparison without using "like" or "as"
• A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
• An extreme exaggeration

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Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

• Boom!
• No!
• Yes!
• Go!

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What is the definition of hyperbole?

• When a group of of words all start with the same sound.
• When words sound like what they mean.
• An extreme exaggeration 
• A comparison 

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"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

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What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

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What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound
• An exaggeration

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Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
• To be grammatically correct.
• To structure their writing into paragraphs.
• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 

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"The assignment was a breeze!" is an example of a(n)...

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia 

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What is an example of an alliteration?

• The vase flew off of the shelf. 
• Powerful pandas punch parrots.
• The plant liked to fly.
• I like to eat pie.

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She sells sea shells by the sea shore is an example of:

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Simile
• Personification

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