Figurative Language Examples

What type of figurative language is this: "The giant tree was ablaze with the orange, red, and yellow leaves that were beginning to make their descent to the ground."

• Imagery

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is this: "The snow is a white blanket."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is this: "Baseball is as American as apple pie."

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language is this: "Water plops into the pond."

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of figurative language is this: "It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets."

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language is this: "Lightning danced across the sky."

• Personification

• Hyberbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language is this: "Rub someone the wrong way."

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language is this: "She sells seashells by the sea-shore."

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language is this: "The hospital was a refrigerator."

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language is this: "The classroom was a zoo."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4