Figurative Language

The boy writes as slow as molasses.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• proverb

When Ms. Dempster is not in the class the children act like they are in a three-ring circus.

• personification

• proverb or adage

• metaphor

• simile

Chrystal is a kind girl. She has a heart of gold.

• proverb or adage

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

I could answer all the questions of my reading test. The test was a piece of cake.

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• proverb or adage

Who let the cat out of the bag by telling the other students that we were having a party?

• simile

• personification

• idiom

• proverb or adage

The wind howled in the night.

• personification

• idiom

• simile

• proverb or adage

Every morning my alarm clock yelled at me to get out of bed.

• metaphor

• proverb or adage

• metaphor

• personification

Mary's voice is music to my ears.

• idiom

• personification

• metaphor

• proverb or adage

He is a walking encyclopedia.

• metaphor

• proverb or adage

• simile

• idiom

My mom told me that two wrongs don't make a right when I was fussing with my little sister.

• idiom

• proverb or adage

• personification

• metaphor