What is alliteration?
Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession.
What is onomatopoeia?
Onomatopoeia is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
What is hyperbole?
Hyperbole is when you use an extreme exaggeration to emphasize a point.
"She never stops talking." What type of figurative language is this?
Hyperbole
What is personification?
Personification is when you give non-living objects or animals human qualities or characteristics.
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
"Boom!" "Pow!"
What is an example of personification?
"The trees are waving to you."
"My mom has a heart of gold." What type of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is when you compare two things without using "like" or "as".
What is an example of hyperbole?
"I've said this a thousand times!"
What is an example of alliteration?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
"Cold as ice" What type of figurative language is this?
Simile
"The sun smiled down on us." What type of figurative language is this?
Personification
"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!" What type of figurative language is this?
Alliteration
What is an example of a simile?
The blanket is as soft as the pillow.
What is an example of a metaphor?
"Yesterday was a rollercoaster!"
"The thunder goes 'Boom!'" What type of figurative language is this?
Onomatopoeia
"It's raining cats and dogs." What type of figurative language is this?
Idiom