Figurative Language Practice

The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia 

It happened once in a blue moon is an example of a(n)...

• Idiom
• Hyperbole 
• Personification
• Alliteration 

The water well is as dry as a bone is an example of a(n)...

• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Simile 
• Personification

What is an example of an alliteration?

• The vase flew off of the shelf. 
• Powerful pandas punch parrots.
• The plant liked to fly.
• I like to eat pie

The firework exploded in the air, making a big BOOM! in the air, is an example of 

• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• The 4th of July
• All of the above

He was a car speeding through the streets is an example of...

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration

I am dying of shame is an example of...

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Simile
• Hyperbole

The snowballs were bullets, punching me in the chest, is an example of...

• A hyperbole/personification
• A metaphor/personification
• A simile/metaphor
• Personification/Onomatopoeia

"Time flies by!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• idiom
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

The wind whistled through the trees during the storm. 

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• idiom