Figurative Language

"Zoom, Pow, Crash" is an example of what figurative language?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

a great exaggeration to create emphasis or effect

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• proverb/adage

• hyperbole

He's as skinny as a toothpick!

• proverb/adage

• simile

• hyperbole

Slow and steady wins the race.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• proverb/adage

• hyperbole

'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

My hair is a vast forest of climbing vines is an example of...

• idiom
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile

I was home in a split second.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• proverb/adage

• hyperbole

"The raindrops danced on the tabletop." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• alliteration
• simile
• personification
• idiom

"You are my sunshine" is an example of what figurative language?

• Metaphor?

• Alliteration

• Idiom

The smoke was cotton balls billowing from the chimney.

• simile

• metaphor

• proverb/adage

• idiom