Figurative language

What is a figurative language?

• literary device that uses words or phrases for effect, humorous, or exaggeration purposes

• literary device that do not uses words or phrases for effect, humorous, or exaggeration purposes

• literary device that uses pictures for effect, humorous, or exaggeration purposes

• literary device that uses sounds for effect, humorous, or exaggeration purposes

The kitchen is the heart of my mother's house.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• simile and metaphor

Forget the french fries, find me a burger.

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Fran's new car turned out to be a lemon.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

This blanket is as light as a ​ ​ _____

• feather
• paper
• hair
• pencil

alliteration is.....

• the repetition of the same final consonant sound in a series of words within a phrase or verse.
• the repetition of the same vowel sound in a series of words within a phrase or verse.
• the use of onomatopoeia in a series of words within a phrase or verse.
• the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words within a phrase or verse.

The boom of the fireworks scared the baby.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• metaphor

The old car awoke reluctantly from its night's sleep. Coughing and sputtering, it finally broke into a loud roar.

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

The big beach blanket blew in the wind.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

A simile is ...

• A type of fruit
• A type of dance
• A type of vehicle
• A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as.'