ELA -Figurative Language

The one-lane highway was a ribbon flowing across the endless desert.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

I am so sick of desserts that I couldn’t eat another cookie if my life depended on it.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

The cold air bit at our cheeks and noses leaving them tender and bright red.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Like a lost child, my dad roamed around the city looking for an inexpensive place to eat lunch.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Nancy worked her fingers to the bone trying to finish the baby’s quilt in one day.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Luis rehearsed his dance moves for weeks, but when he stepped onto the stage, he became a statue.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

The old bus coughed up a cloud of smoke as it slowly crawled up the steep road.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

My mouth was on fire after eating the ghost pepper. It was the spiciest food I had ever tasted.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

The baby monkey was stuck like Velcro to his mother as she swung from the branches high in the rain forest.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

The ambulance's siren howled through the crowded streets of the city.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole