Figurative Language

Repetition of beginning sounds in words

• Simile

• Onomatopeia

• Idiom

• Alliteration

She clattered and clanged as she washed the dishes.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

What does the sentence below actually mean?

The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

• The car was not starting and making noises.

• The car was a big complainer.

• The car started up perfectly normal.

• The car hurt the person inside.

What does the sentence below actually mean?

Lightning danced across the sky.

• The lightning was at a dance party.

• There was no lightning in the sky.

• There was a lot of lightning in the sky during a storm.

• The lightning was bad at dancing.

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

The heater yelled as it was turned on during the first winter of the year

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

It took me 100 years to finish my homework last night.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

A comparison of two ore more different things using like or as

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Lisa's lizards were leaping on her lawnchair.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

The runner was a turtle in the race, and they ended up in last place.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

A comparison of who different things by stating that one thing is another

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile