Figurative Language Poetry Review

What kind of figurative language is used in the statement below?

"Mr. Guthrie won’t be at school today, his wife said he’s sick as a dog."

• Irony

• Simile

• Idiom

• Metaphor

What kind of figurative language is used in the statement below?

"There’s a faucet in the basement that had dripped one drop all year. Since he 'fixed' it, we can’t find it, without wearing scuba gear".

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

What kind of figurative language is used in the statement below?

"One day they hold you in the palms of their hands,

gentle, like we're the last raw egg in the world."

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

• Simile

What kind of figurative language is used in the statement below?

"I am Super Samson Simpson

I’m superlatively strong

I like to carry elephants

I do it all day long"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What kind of figurative language is used in the statement below?

"It’s alright, I didn’t want to win a million dollars, anyway".

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Pun

• Simile

What kind of figurative language is used in the statement below?

"The grass stood tall at first, but the longer it got, the more it started to shrug".

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Personification

• Pun

What kind of figurative language is used in the statement below?

"I was struggling to figure out how lightning works, then it struck me".

• Pun

• Irony

• Personification

• Idiom

What kind of figurative language is used in the statement below?

"He was clearly confused when he walked in the room and the rest of the class wasn’t on Study Island".

• Oxymoron

• Idioms

• Personification

• Irony

What kind of figurative language is used in the statement below?

"There’s a guy in a tux

And he stands in the corner

Feedin’ the jukebox his dimes".

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Irony

What words do similes use to compare 2 different things?

• Also

• Like

• Alike

• As

• Compared to