Figurative Language

The sky opened and cried its tears on the earth.

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

He was a gazelle running smoothly down the road.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Bees busily buzzed through the blossoms.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

The cookies were so delicious, I think I ate a million of them!

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

The cereal popped and cracked in my bowl.

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

After a long day of hiking, he

slept like a log.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Reading is rewarding and really rad.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personifcation

The computer printer started to spit out more copies.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

The rocks in the lake were as sharp as knives.

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

She was a roller coaster of emotions.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personifcation