What is an alliteration?

Sentence where 3 + words start with same sound

What is personification?

To describe non-human things using human qualities

What is an onomatopoeia?

A word that sounds like the noise it makes

Comparing two things using like or as

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Figurative Language Quiz

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Literary devices for a sixth grade classroom.

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1
Cat got your tongue? is an example of...
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Idiom
2
Kapow! is an example of...
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Personification
3
She is a walking dictionary is an example of...
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
4
The stars winked at me is an example of...
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Metaphor
5
What is a metaphor?
To describe something in an exaggerated way
To describe non-human things using human qualities
To compare two things using the words is or are
To compare two things using like or as
6
Sally sell sea shells by the sea shore is an example of...
Idiom
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Metaphor
7
What is an idiom?
A sentence with words that start with the same letter
Phrase that means something different than what it says
To compare two things using like or as
A word that sounds like the noise it makes
8
That man is as tall as a giraffe is an example of
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
9
What is a hyperbole
Comparing two things using like or as
A sentence or phrase that words begin with the same letter
To describe something in an extremely exaggerated way
A word that sounds like the noise it makes
10
What is an alliteration?
A word that sounds like the noise it makes
To describe non-human things using human qualities
Sentence where 3 + words start with same sound
To describe something in an exaggerated way
11
What is personification?
To compare two things using like or as
To describe something in an extremely exaggerated way
A word that sounds like the noise it makes
To describe non-human things using human qualities
12
What is an onomatopoeia?
To describe something in an extremely exaggerated way
A word that sounds like the noise it makes
To describe non-human things using human qualities
To compare two things using like or as
13
What is a simile?
Comparing two things using is or are
A sentence or phrase that words begin with the same letter
Comparing two things using like or as
A phrase that means something different than what it says
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My backpack weighs a ton is an example of...
Hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
Alliteration

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