Figurative Language

Question 1

Simile- Explain + Example

Answer 1

A comparison between 2 things using the word like or as.

“You play football like Messi!”

Question 2

Metaphor- Explain + Example

Answer 2

Comparison between two things without using like or as.

“ You are a pig!”

Question 3

Personification - Explain + Example

Answer 3

Giving an object, thing or animal human like features.

“ the paper was staring at me”

Question 4

Hyperbole - explain + example

Answer 4

Extreme exaggeration.

“ I’ve seen this movie 1000 times”

Question 5

Alliteration- explain + example

Answer 5

The same sound at the start of every word in a sentence.

“Big black bird”

Question 6

Onomatopoeia- explain + example

Answer 6

Is using a sound to describe something.

“Boom!”

Question 7

Oxymoron- explain + example

Answer 7

Opposite thing object

“ fast as a snail”

Question 8

Allusion- explain + example

Answer 8

Referring someone to someone else.

“ she is as smart as Einstein”

Question 9

Imagery- explain + Example

Answer 9

Describing the image.

“ in the black, hot, smelly house”