Types of Figurative Language

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

Comparing two things without singing “like” or “as”.

Ex: It’s raining cats and dogs.

Question 2

Personification

Answer 2

Giving human qualities to something that is not human.

Ex: The leaves danced.

Question 3

Simile

Answer 3

Comparing two things saying “like” or “as”.

Ex: She is quiet as a mouse.

Question 4

Alliteration

Answer 4

Repeating the same sound at the start of a word in a sentence or sentences.
Ex: Shelly sells sea shells by the sea shore.

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

An extreme exaggeration.

Ex: I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.

Question 6

Onomatopoeia

Answer 6

A word that describes what something sounds like.

Ex: Hiss!

Question 7

Rhyme Scheme

Answer 7

The rhyming pattern in stanzas.
Ex: The itsy-bitsy spider crawled up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.

Question 8

Imagery

Answer 8

Describing something to a reader using the five senses.

Ex: The fire was hot on her skin. The smoke and ash made her eyes burn.

Question 9

Rhythm

Answer 9

The pattern of sounding syllables in a sentence/stanzas.

Ex: I like to live by the sea.