Figurative Language Lesson

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?

The walker was a turtle when she made her way through the race.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?

It took me a hundred years to finish all of my homework last night.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

What is being used in the sentence below?

Boom! The fireworks cracked above in the sky to celebrate the Fourth of July.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Which type of figurative language uses the words LIKE or AS?

• Simile

• Metaphor

What does the sentence below actually mean?

• The lightning was at a dance party.

• The lightning was bad at dancing.

• There was a lot of lightning in the sky during a storm.

• There was no lightning in the sky.

A well-known phrase that means something different than what it actually says.

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Idiom

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?

The actor was told to "break a leg" before entering onto the stage.

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

What does the sentence below actually mean? The new iPhone costs an arm and a leg.

• The new iPhone does not cost a lot of money.

• Someone can get the new iPhone for free

• The iPhone is expensive

• You need to pay for the phone with your arm and leg.

What does the sentence below actually mean?

• The car was not starting and making noises.

• The car was a big complainer.

• The car started up perfectly normal.

• The car hurt the person inside.

What is being personified?

• The walls

• The scream

• The room

• The orange