Fun Figures of Speech

This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make its point.

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

"The rich fields were the farmer’s treasure." is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Which of the following statement is a personification?

• The leaves whisper their secrets to one another.

• The sun is a ball of fire.

• His lips were as white as vinegar when he broke her mom’s favorite vase.

• The baby is as meek as a lamb.

She was so hungry she could eat a horse.

• personification

• metonymy

• simile

• hyperbole

Why do literary writers use figurative language?

• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs.

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.

• To be grammatically correct.

• To structure their writing into paragraphs.

What's the meaning of this simile?

"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.

• She talks really loudly.

• She gets really angry.

• She spits when she talks.

What's the meaning of this personification?

"The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.

• I own an expensive camera.

• I like to visit art museums.

• Photos of me are always really good.

The sun stretched its golden arms across the land.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

This is known as the dictionary definition of the figure of speech.

• connotation
• denotation

Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. (Langston Hughes, "Mother to Son")

• irony

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• litotes