Figurative Language in Poetry

What Poetry Element? _{(hint:look at the blue words)}

My brother was as mad as a hornet when I spilled food on his comic book.

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

The fresh snow was like an enormous white blanket.

What two things are being compared in this simile?

• snow and white

• fresh and enormous

• snow and blanket

• fresh and blanket

What is a hyperbole?

• An extreme exaggeration

• A little exaggeration

• Similar sounds

• Compares two things using like or as

What is being personified?

• The walls

• The scream

• The room

• The orange

What is being personified:
The moon guided me through the forest.

• moon

• forest

Which of the following is a hyperbole?

• She is as pretty as a flower.

• She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.

• She is a beautiful flower.

• She is very pretty.

__________ a comparison of two unlike things, using the words "like" or "as".

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Synonym

• Hyperbole

is a comparison of two unlike things, but does not use the words "like" or "as".

• Simile

• Synonym

• Personification

• Metaphor

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• A) The wind whispered through the trees.

• B) Her smile was a ray of sunshine.

• C) The car honked loudly.

• D) The leaves danced in the wind.

Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence: 'The stars in the sky were diamonds.'

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole