Figurative Language in The Crossover

Match the following terms to their definitions:

• giving human characteristics to nonhumans

• Personification

• sound words

• Metaphor

• a direct comparison using like or as

• Onomatopoeia

• a direct comparison of unlike things (using is/are)

• Simile

Match the following terms with their definitions:

• a phrase that cannot be taken literally

• idiom

• an extreme exaggeration

• Hyperbole

• repeated consonant sounds

• alliteration

• descriptive words creating an image

• imagery

I’d burn mad as a flame is an example of

• personification

• adjective

• simile

• metaphor

Chapter: At the End of Warm-Ups, My Brother Tries to Dunk

“The gym is a loud, crowded circus.”

What kind of figurative language is this?

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Chapter: Filthy McNasty

“He has a SLAMMERIFIC SHOT

It's Supersonic SASSY”

What kind of figurative language is this?

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

"If my hair were a tree I'd climb it. I'd kneel down beneath and enshrine it."

What king of figurative language is used?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

I’d burn mad as a flame is an example of

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

"I'm the next Kevin Durant, Lebron, and Chris Paul." Is what type of figuration language?

• simile

• allusion

• hyperbole

• personification

"I throw down so hard, the fiberglass trembles." What kind of figurative language is used?

• idiom

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

"I had the sickest double cross, and I kissed so many pretty ladies, they called me Lip-Gloss." What type of figurative language is used?

• idiom

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia