Figurative Language

My head hurts so much, it's going to explode.

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

The smell of warm cinnamon filled the house on Saturday morning.

• imagery

• simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

Buzz

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

The boy is a tornado, the way he runs through the room

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• personification

I'm so hungry I could eat a thousand cheese burgers!

• idiom

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Drenched in rain, the shivering brown dog barked on the wooden front porch.

• imagery

• idiom

• hyperbole

• personification

Boom!

• simile

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

My sister is a kangaroo

• metaphor

• simile

• personifcation

• imagery

I have a test tomorrow, I have to hit the books.

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• idiom

She picked up the pickle and put it on the plate.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• personification