Figurative Language

The dropped package skidded like an Olympic bobsled across the icy sidewalk. What two things are being compared in this sentence’s simile?

• The package and the sidewalk.

• The Olympics and the sidewalk.

• The movement of the dropped package and a bobsled.

• The Package and the sidewalk.

A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

 An extreme exaggeration used for effect.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

A reference to a famous person, event, or place.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Allusion

Repetition of sounds in a sequence of words that are close to each other.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Simile

A snowball whooshed past my ear during the snowball fight.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

"Homework is a breeze," is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Repetition

• Metaphor

"The stars in the sky winked," is an example of what?

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

 I am as hungry as a bear! 

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile

Giving human traits to something that is not human.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Idiom