Figurative Language & Literary Devices

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

Comparing two things using like or as.

The cardinal soars through the sky like an airplane

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

Comparing two things without using like or as.

Her eyes are diamonds.

Question 3

Hyperbole

Answer 3

Exaggerated statements or claims.

I was dying from laughter.

Question 4

Alliteration

Answer 4

When the first syllable of a string of words has the same sound.

Piper picked a pot of peckled peppers in a pepper patch.

Question 5

Onomatopoeia

Answer 5

A word related to a sound, like BOOM or POW.

BOOM! The rocket blasted off from the launch pad.

Question 6

Symbol

Answer 6

Something that represents another object, idea, person, or thing.

A dove flew over the wedding, showing the couple’s everlasting love.

Question 7

Apostrophe

Answer 7

Talking to an inanimate object or something that is not there.

“O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die.”

Question 8

Analogy

Answer 8

A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of simplification or explanation.

Life is like a deck of cards: you never know what you are going to draw.

Question 9

Figurative Language

Answer 9

The use of words in a non-literal way to create a vivid, imaginative, or complex meaning.

He was graceful, like a gazelle.