Figurative Language terms/examples

What does an author use to create imagery?

• facts and opinions

• main ideas

• five senses

• exaggerated text

When an author gives human characteristics to non-human objects, this is an example of:

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

A comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as:

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

A comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as:

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

Words that represent sounds are known as:

• imagery

• hyperbole

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

When the beginning sound of words is repeated, this is an example of:

• personification

• imagery

• alliteration

• hyperbole

When the author uses exaggerated text, this is an example of:

• alliteration

• imagery

• personification

• hyperbole

An idiom is:

• an extreme exaggeration used to make a point

• an expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of individual words

• a word whose sound suggests its meaning

_______ is a tool that an author uses to help the reader visualize or see what is happening in a story or poem.

• Figurative Language
• Types of Figurative Language
• I don't know
• Pun

Her eyes were diamonds; always bright and sparkling! This is an example of:

• Metaphor
• Pun
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration