Figurate Language

What is the definition of Figurative Langauge?

• Language that uses words with literal interpretation

• Language that uses expressions with literal meaning

• Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

• Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is the same as the literal interpretation

Which one is a metaphor?

• Time is a thief.

• Time is a book.

• Time is a clock.

• Time is a friend.

Which of the following sentences is an example of personification?

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• The car tires screamed as they skidded on the road.

• She is as sly as a fox.

• The cake was calling my name.

Which of the following is NOT an example of hyperbole?

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• He ran faster than the wind.

• It took forever to get home.

• The bag weighed a ton.

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

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

What is the purpose of figurative language?

• To emphasize something or make writing more interesting

• To allow characters to talk in a narrative

• The lesson or meaning of the story

You, with your words like knives

And swords and weapons that you use against me”

Taylor Swift - Mean

(Select 2)

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• repetition

She's just a girl, and she's on fire

Hotter than a fantasy, longer like a highway

She's living in a world, and it's on fire

Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire

(Select 2)

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

"We are searchlights, we can see in the dark

We are rockets, pointed up at the stars"

Pink - What About Us

(Select 2)

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• personification

The raindrops danced on the tabletop. The kind of figurative language used here is _______

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

• idiom