Figurative Language Techniques

Question 1

Hyperbole

Answer 1

Hi-per-ber-li
They are exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally.
“I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!”

Question 2

Onomatopoeia

Answer 2

Ono-mata-paia
They area formation of a words from a sound associated with its name.
“BOOM, CRASH, POW!”

Question 3

Simile

Answer 3

Sim-ily
They are a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
“My room is dirty like a pig’s sty!”

Question 4

Personification

Answer 4

Person-ifi-cation
They are human qualities or characteristics that you give to a non-human object.
“The leaves danced on the lawn.”

Question 5

Metaphor

Answer 5

Meta-for
They are a figure of speech that compares two different things as they are the same.
“He has a heart of a lion.”

Question 6

Alliteration

Answer 6

Alli-ter-ation
They are an occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
“She sells sea shells by the sea shore.”