Figurative Language Katherine Berner

The water well is as dry as a bone."
is an example of a(n)...

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile 

• Personification

He was as cool as a cucumber." is an example of a(n)

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• None of the above

What type of figurative language is shown?
Her long hair is an ocean of waves.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally (figurative language) (a)  

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• claim

• sequence

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

comparing two unlike things using like or as (figurative language) ​ (a)  

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• claim

• sequence

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

a word that names a sound, but also sounds like that sound (figurative language) ​ (a)   ​

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• claim

• sequence

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

compares two very different things without using like or as (figurative language) ​ ​ (a)  

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• allusion

• alliteration

• personification

• idiom

• hyperbole

• claim

• sequence

exaggerations that make things sound bigger, better, or more than what they truly are is ​ (a)   .

• hyperbole

• mood

• language

• voice

The use of words to imitate sounds (pow!) (bang!)​ (a)   is

• onomatopoeia

• hypoerbole

• stanza

• idiom

The assignment was a breeze! is an example of a(n)...

• Metaphor 

• Simile 

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia