Figurative Language Poetry Review

Giving human characteristics (personality or actions) to a non-human thing.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

His hairs are wires.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

An extreme exaggeration

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

A combination of opposite or contradictory words used to describe the same thing.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

That dog is beautifully ugly.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

The dog laid like a puddle on the floor.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

We're in school forever.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

The sun smiled down at me.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

"Giving human characteristics to animals or objects" is a definition of:

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

The use of words that imitate sounds is a definition of:

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration