Speech and Figurative Language

Question 1

what language technique does this expression use?

“This room is as hot as an oven.”

Answer 1

Simile

comparing two things using the words “like” or “as”.

Question 2

what language technique does this figure of speech use?

“I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.”

Answer 2

Hyperbole

an exaggeration.

Question 3

what language technique does this sentence use?

“The tree danced in the wind.”

Answer 3

Personification

giving human characteristics to an object or animal.

Question 4

what language technique do these few word use?

“pop. Boom! Fizz.”

Answer 4

Onomatopoeia

the use of a word to make a sound.

Question 5

what language technique is used in this tongue-twister ?

“Seven snakes slithered slyly.”

Answer 5

Alliteration

the repetition of the same beginning sound of words.

Question 6

what language technique is used in this sentence?

“This room is an oven.”

Answer 6

Metaphor

comparison of two things, saying that one thing IS or WAS another thing.