Figurative Language

The bruise on George’s foot felt as big as an elephant. 

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia

 Which sentence is a metaphor?

• Getting the kids into the car was like herding cattle.
• The family members were packed into the car like sardines.
•  Jennie felt like the car was as cramped as a coffin!
• The car was a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time. 

The sun winked  from under the clouds.

• personification
• hyperbole 
• alliteration
• simile

Julia felt like she had been walking for days.

• personification
• hyperbole 
• metaphor
• allusion

The sad student sat silently in the room. 

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• personification

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• idiom

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That fat cat weighs a thousand pounds! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• allusion
• simile

The dog was so big I thought he was Clifford!

• Allusion
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Personification

Hector had prepared for the class play for weeks, but when it came time to say his lines he felt as felt as though he had a frog in his throat.

• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Personifica

A comparison using like or as is called...

• Metaphor
• Allusion
• Simile
• Personification