4th Period Figurative Language

What is a simile? 

• Comparing two unlike things without  using  like and as
• Comparing two things in a text
• Comparing two unlike things using  like and as
• None of the above

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

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia 

What is a hyperbole?

• An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally. 
• Telling the truth
• Comparing a rock to a island
• Break a leg

What type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.

• personification
• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.
• The trees danced in the wind.
• I waited in line for 10 years!
• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

• Boom!
• No!
• Yes!
• Go!

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• idiom

The rain ran down the road. 

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• idiom

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• simile