Figurative Language

1. Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The bird's legs are like sticks.

• I am so tired, I could sleep for a million years.

• The tree danced in the moonlight.

• Her eyes are like blue marbles.

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The moon light smiled upon us.

• He is as sweet as a choclate cake.

• The winter was wicked.

• His room is a jungle.

Which of the following is an example of an idiom?

• Can you lend me a hand?

• The spicy spaghetti is like fire in my mouth.

• The sun kissed the dew off the grass.

• Your baby is as cute as a doll.

What figurative language does this represent?

The bees buzzed.

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

My backpack weighs a ton.

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Books are a passport to adventure.

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

She floated in like a cloud.

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

He is as busy as a bee.

What type of figurative language is this?

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

The snow's sparkling voice echoes as it falls.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

The garbage was piled so high it reached across the state. - Shel Silverstein

What type of figurative language is being used?

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification