Onomatopoeia, Hyperboles, Alliteration

What is onomatopoeia?

• The repetition of letter sounds

• An obvious exaggeration

• A word that names a sound

What onomatopoeia does this image show?

• boo

• moo

• woof

• cling

I heard a loud BOOM outside my window.

• personification
• simile
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• name sounds

• repeat letter sounds

It is so hot outside. I bet it is a thousand degrees!

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

I'm so hungry I could eat an elephant.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

The repetition of sounds in the beginning of words is called...

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Which of these completes this sentence with alliteration?

Are you hungry? Let's find a cafe for ________, __________ and __________.

• egg, chips and cola

• coffee, cakes and tea

• coffee, cakes and cola

• fish, chips and coffee

"Victoria vrooms in the van very vivaciously" is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP, is called:

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile