Type
Which type of figurative language usually over exaggerates things.
Hyperbole!
What does the similie used in this sentence mean?
When everybody was eating at the table, my cousin was talking as loud as an siren
The similie means that the cousin was being as loud as a siren, so in other words, the similie meant that the cousin was being really loud.
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
The little girl was so upset, she started to cry a whole river.
a) Hyperbole
b) Idiom
c) Alliteration
d) Oxymoron
a) Hyperbole
Which of the following examples is a simile?
a) Henry heard how I had a herd of horses
b) His throat was so dry, it turned into the Sahara desert.
c) At the end of the race, his face looked like a tomato
d) The buildings towered over me.
c) At the end of the race, his face looked like a tomato
Which of these is a hyperbole?
a) I could live off of this food forever!
b) You are as dumb as a rock.
c) The river rushed as flowers bloomed next to it.
d) Steve stole a stash of sticks.
a) I could live off of this food forever!
Which type of figurative language compares two things using like or as?
Similie
What is the meaning of the hyperbole used in the following sentence?
Geez, I am so hungry that I can eat a horse!
The hyperbole means that the person was very hungry and eager to eat.
What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
The boy stated that he sounded like a canary.
a) Idiom
b) Alliteration
c) Similie
d) Personification
c) Similie
Which of the following examples is a Hyperbole?
a) She sounded like a siren.
b) The leaves danced around in the wind.
c) The boy was so sad, he started to cry himself a river.
d) The boy blew into a blue tooth speaker.
c) The boy was so sad, he started to cry himself a river.
What is the meaning of the hyperbole in the following sentence?
The little boy smiled at me so hard, his smile went from ear to ear.
The boy was really happy, with a big smile.
What type of figurative language has a repetition of a beginning sound of a sentence?
Alliteration
What does the Personification in the sentence mean?
The leaves were dancing in the wind, after they fell off of the tree.
The Personification means that the leaves were being blown around the air, after falling off of a tree.
What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?
The sky leaped towards me.
a) Personification
b) Metaphor
c) Similie
d) Alliteration
a) Personification
Which of the following examples is an alliteration?
a) Timmy tried to teach his tired sister.
b) Life is a roller coaster.
c) She was walking like a penguin
d) He looked as round as a swimming pool
a) Timmy tried to teach his tired sister.
Which type of figurative language references something else without exactly saying it?
Allusion
What type of figurative language gives human traits to non-living things?
Personification
What is the meaning of the metaphor being used in this sentence?
Life is a roller coaster.
Live has its ups and downs, meaning life has good and bad times.
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?
I asked my son where he got the candy from, and he started to beat around the bush.
a) Hyperbole
b) Idiom
c) Oxymoron
d) Simile
b) Idiom
Which of the following examples is Personification?
a) The sun happily smiled down on us.
b) The kid's face beamed up like a light in an dark room.
c) Timmy tried to trick Tyler.
a) The sun happily smiled down on us
What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence.
Break a leg!
What type of figurative language describes words to try to create a picture for the reader?
Imagery
What is the meaning of the idiom in the following sentence?
When I asked my friend how he beat a game, he started to beat around the bush.
The idiom meant that the friend was dodging the question, or not getting straight to the point of the question that was asked.
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?
Bluey biked to the book store to buy blue books.
a) Alliteration
b) Oxymoron
c) Personification
d) Metaphor
a) Alliteration
Which of the following examples is a Metaphor?
a) The classroom was a mess
b) The boy was as big as a building
c) I am so tired, I will pass out.
d) The sun looked down on us.
a) The classroom was a mess.
What is the meaning of the Personification used in the sentence below?
The trees leaped out and over me.
The trees are really tall.