Figurative Language lesson 1

What type of figurative language is used below?

Oscar was so exhausted he could have slept for a year.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

Which kind of figurative language is used below?

Elizabeth was bright as the sun

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Which kind of figurative language is used below?

The moon smiled at the sun and went home.

• Alliteration

• imagery

• personification

• hyperbole

Which kind of figurative language is used below?

Sebastian was an angel

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

Which kind of figurative language is used below?

Alyssa runs like the wind

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

Which kind of figurative language is used below?

Mario is so tall he is a giant.

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

Which figurative language is an extreme exaggeration?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Which figurative language compares two different things using the words "like" or "as"?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Which figurative language compares two different things without using the words "like" or "as"?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Which figurative language gives human characteristics to non-human objects?

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole