Figurative Language 2

Tick tock, tick tock went the grandfather clock.

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

I saw a tiny flame of anger lick his face.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

The snow formed a white blanket across the lawn.

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

I have a ton of homework to finish.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

She could plant a broom in the ground and it would grow.

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

He moved like a slug across the room.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Screech! We turned our heads and watched the car slam into the trashcans.

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Mrs. Smith is a walking dictionary.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Simile

The highway traffic slowed to a crawl.

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

• Personification

Gerry gathered the grapefruits.

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Oxymoron