Figurative Language Review

What is a metaphor?

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A comparison not using like or as
• Words that are sounds
• A comparison using like or as

Which figurative language is the sentence below?
He has a heart of stone. 

• hyerbole
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

Which figurative language is the sentence below?
If I can't get a cell phone, I will die.

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• simile

Which figurative language is the sentence below?
Even elephants enjoy eating eggs. 

• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Which is a comparison using like or as?

• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration
• idiom

Which figurative language is the sentence below?
The snow is a white blanket.

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration

What is an idiom?

• A comparison not using like or as
• An exaggeration
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
• The same beginning sounds repeated

Which figurative language is the sentence below?
The cash register popped open with a cha-ching.

• personification
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration

What is a hyperbole?

• An exaggeration
• A word that is a sound
• comparison without using like or as
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally

Which figurative language is the sentence below?
David's dog drank dirty water. 

• alliteration
• personification
• idiom
• metaphor