The document defines and provides examples of common figures of speech including simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole. It then provides a short quiz to test the reader's knowledge of identifying these figures of speech in examples. The document uses concise explanations and examples to teach the basic concepts and uses of these literary devices in only a few paragraphs.

1. GOOD
MORNING!

4. FIGURES OF
SPEECH

5. Simile
• is a figure of speech that directly
compares two
things. Similes differ from
metaphors by highlighting the
similarities between two things
using words such as "like” or "as”
EXAMPLES:
He is as busy as a bee
They fought like cats and dogs

6. Metaphor
• is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true,
but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.
EXAMPLES:
Love is a battlefield.
Bob is a couch potato.
A metaphor is the comparison of
two unlike things or expressions,
sometimes using the verb “to be,”
and not using like or as (as in a
simile).
“To be” (am, is, are, was, were)

7. PERSONIFICATION
• Is the attribution of a
personal nature or
human characteristics to
something nonhuman, or
the representation of an
abstract quality in human
form.
EXAMPLES:
Rita heard the last piece of
pie calling her name.
My alarm clock yells at me
to get out of bed every
morning.

8. ONOMATOPOEIA
(on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh)
An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the it
represents.
The chiming of the bells…
The boom of the explosion…
sound

9. Onomatopoeia
When you see this: You often hear this:

10. Onomatopoeia
When you see this: You often hear this:
More examples:

12. HYPERBOLE
A hyperbole is an or an .
Example: His feet are as big as boats!
I nearly died laughing!
exaggeration
She's as skinny as a toothpick.

13. Hyperbole
Another example:
The wolf was 100 feet high.

15. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.
(A) Simile
(B) Onomatopoeia
(C) Hyperbole

16. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
Life is a beach!
(A)Metaphor
(B)Alliteration
(C) Simile

17. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
The river falls under us like a trap door.
(A) Onomatopoeia
(B) Simile
(C) Metaphor

18. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!
(A) Hyperbole
(B) Metaphor
(C) Onomatopoeia

19. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
I’ve heard that joke a billion times, but it still cracks me up!
(A) Simile
(B) Metaphor
(C) Hyperbole

20. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
The glass vase is as fragile as a child’s sandcastle.
(A) Metaphor
(B) Alliteration
(C) Simile

21. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
The buzzing bee startled me!
(A) Hypberbole
(B) Onomatopoeia
(C) Metaphor

22. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
The sun draped its arms around my shoulders
A) Personification
B) Oxymoron
C) Palindrome