ELA · Figurative language
Personification, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, Alliteration
Name the figurative language: objects acting human, huge exaggerations, sound words and repeated sounds.
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What kind of figurative language is this? "The wind whispered through the trees."
- A onomatopoeia
- B hyperbole
- C personification
- D alliteration
What kind of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
- A personification
- B hyperbole
- C alliteration
- D simile
What kind of figurative language is this? "The bee went buzz."
- A personification
- B hyperbole
- C onomatopoeia
- D metaphor
What kind of figurative language is this? "Sally sells seashells by the seashore."
- A simile
- B onomatopoeia
- C alliteration
- D hyperbole
What kind of figurative language is this? "The sun smiled down on us."
- A alliteration
- B hyperbole
- C personification
- D simile
What kind of figurative language is this? "I've told you a million times!"
- A hyperbole
- B onomatopoeia
- C metaphor
- D personification
What kind of figurative language is this? "The bacon went sizzle in the pan."
- A onomatopoeia
- B hyperbole
- C personification
- D alliteration
What kind of figurative language is this? "Big brown bears bounce balls."
- A metaphor
- B alliteration
- C personification
- D onomatopoeia
What kind of figurative language is this? "The flowers danced in the breeze."
- A simile
- B alliteration
- C hyperbole
- D personification
What kind of figurative language is this? "This backpack weighs a ton!"
- A onomatopoeia
- B alliteration
- C personification
- D hyperbole
What kind of figurative language is this? "Crash! The plates hit the floor."
- A hyperbole
- B onomatopoeia
- C alliteration
- D personification
What kind of figurative language is this? "Peter's pet pig plays piano."
- A hyperbole
- B simile
- C alliteration
- D onomatopoeia
What kind of figurative language is this? "The leaves raced each other down the street."
- A alliteration
- B personification
- C onomatopoeia
- D simile
What kind of figurative language is this? "I waited forever for the bus."
- A alliteration
- B onomatopoeia
- C hyperbole
- D personification
What kind of figurative language is this? "Woof! barked the dog at the mail carrier."
- A onomatopoeia
- B simile
- C alliteration
- D hyperbole
What kind of figurative language is this? "Tiny Tim took ten tacos."
- A alliteration
- B personification
- C onomatopoeia
- D hyperbole
What kind of figurative language is this? "The thunder grumbled angrily."
- A simile
- B alliteration
- C personification
- D hyperbole
Personification gives human traits to...
- A real people
- B sounds
- C numbers
- D things that are not human
Hyperbole is...
- A repeated first sounds
- B a big exaggeration
- C a sound word
- D a comparison with like
Onomatopoeia is...
- A a big exaggeration
- B human traits for objects
- C repeated first sounds
- D a word that imitates a sound
Alliteration is...
- A repeating the same first sound
- B a big exaggeration
- C giving objects feelings
- D a word that sounds like a noise
Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?
- A jump
- B happy
- C pop
- D slowly
Which sentence uses personification?
- A I saw ten stars.
- B Stars are far away.
- C The stars were bright.
- D The stars winked at me.
Which sentence uses hyperbole?
- A My bag has books.
- B My bag weighs a million pounds.
- C My bag is blue.
- D My bag is heavy.
Which sentence uses alliteration?
- A I saw a green snake.
- B A snake is long.
- C Six silly snakes slid south.
- D The snake slid away.
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