Figurative Language

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

A comparison when one thing becomes another ​

She is a walking dictionary

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

This is when the same consonant sounds are repeated in a poem. ​
Palmer paints pretty pink pictures

Question 3

Simile

Answer 3

A form of comparison that uses as, like or than ​
As white as snow
​

Question 4

Assonance

Answer 4

Is when the same vowel sounds are repeated in a poem​

The man with the hat had a bad apple ​

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

Is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point or stress an idea. ​
I’ve seen this film a million times

Question 6

Onomatopoeia

Answer 6

Where the sound of the word conveys its meaning​

Buzzing bees

Question 7

Idiom

Answer 7

An idiom is a phrase that is not meant to be taken literally ​
It’s raining cats and dogs​

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

Personification means to give life to inanimate object ​

The clock stared at us from the wall​

Question 9

Pun

Answer 9

A pun is a play on words ​

I’m an archaeologist and my life is in ruins​