Figurative Language

You've already told me that story a million times

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

The spicy food danced around my taste buds.

• idiom

• alliteration

• personification

• allusion

Mark as more ideas about science than Ben Franklin

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• personification

• idiom

Shelly gave me a heads up about the planned fire drill at school.

• idiom

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Let's stop at Dunkin Donuts on the way!

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• allusion

• alliteration

I heard the whoosh of the tennis racket as it sliced through the air.

• Onomatopoeia

• allusion

• alliteration

• simile

The water reflected colors like a rainbow.

• metaphor

• allusion

• simile

• hyperbole

Bethany could sleep through a tidal wave

• personifcation

• allusion

• idiom

• hyperbole

The toddler's eyes were sparkling gems.

• allusion

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

We felt as though Jack Frost had come to live with us.

• personfication

• hyperbole

• allusion

• alliteration