Figurative Speech

My mom is always as busy as a bee.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• None of the above

My dad is a walking dictionary.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• None of the above

Nature is like an intricate jigsaw puzzle.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• None of the above

Her hair was like the flowing river.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• None of the above

You are as bright as the moon!

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• None of the above

An extreme exaggeration

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

a direct comparison of two unlike things, not using like or as

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

a common saying with a meaning completely different than what the words literally means - an old saying or phrase that people use

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

a comparison of two unlike things, using the words 'like' or 'as'

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

when a non-human object is given human qualities or emotions

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5