Figurative language terms & examples

Front

The toast jumped out of the toaster

Back

personification

Front

Couch potato

Back

Metaphor

Front

We're up, wide-eyed, and wondering while we wait for others to awaken.

Back

Alliteration

Front

As busy as a bee

Back

Simile

Front

Snap crackle pop

Back

Onomatopoeia

Front

He was so hungry he ate the whole cornfield for lunch.

Back

Hyperbole

Front

Think outside the box

Back

Idiom