Similies and Metaphors
Oxymoron and Idiom
Personification and Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia and Alliteration
Examples of Figurative Language
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It is two or more things are compared with like or as stating the relationship between the items
What is a simile?
100
An expression that is self contradicting.
What is oxymoron?
100
Something not human is characterized as having human qualities.
What is personification?
100
An expression that is self contradicting
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Simile
What is this an example of? As agile as a monkey
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A comparison that compares something without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
200
An expression that has meaning apart from the meaning of its individual words.
What is an idiom?
200
An excessive exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
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The repitition of an initial sound.
What is alliteration
200
Onomatpoeia
What is this an example of? When the ball came off the bat it went "WHAM!"
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Simile
In this sentence, is this a simile or a metaphoric sentence? Her smile was as bright as the sun.
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It was a quiet riot.
What is an example of an oxymoron?
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It's raining cats and dogs.
Is this personification or a hyperbole.
300
Onomatopoeia
What is this an example of? "BOOM!"
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Oxymoron
What is this an example of? Cruel to be kind
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A simile is a type of metaphor in which the comparison is made with the use of the word like.
Compare a simile and metaphor
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Idiom
Is this an example of an oxymoron or an idiom? That test was a piece of cake.
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Personification
Is this an example of personification or a hyperbole? The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
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Onomatopoeia is the sound something makes while alliteration is when something uses the same sound repeating
What is the difference between onomatopoeia and alliteration?
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Personification
What is this an example of? The Halloween pumpkin smiled at me.
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Her home was a prison.
Does this sentence have a simile or a metaphor in it?
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A slap on the wrist
Is this an example of an idiom or an oxymoron?
500
Hyperbole
What is this an example of? If I don't get these shoes I will die!
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Alliteration
What is this an example of? Eric’s eagle eats eggs, enjoying each episode of eating.
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Idiom
What is this an example of? A chip on your shoulder
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