Figurative Language: Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, and Hyperbole

Using sound words

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

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What is onomatopoeia?

• The repetition of letter sounds

• An obvious exaggeration

• A word that names a sound

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

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Simile

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

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile

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What type of figurative language is used below?

Kyle was so bored he was pulling his hair out!

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

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She sells sea shells by the sea shore is an example of:

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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Which form of figurative speech is this an example of?

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

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What onomatopoeia does this image show?

• boo

• moo

• woof

• cling

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Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• name sounds

• repeat letter sounds

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

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

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