Figurative Language

The cookie stared at me begging, "Please, eat me!"

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Fluffy flew across the field like a hurricane just to catch the frisbee

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Little Larry Limbaum lasted the longest in the lizard eating contest.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Pun

Smack! The only sound I heard after my brother yelled, "Watch out!!"

• Rhyme

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

I knew he would never have the courage to ask her out in a million years.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Pun

• Idiom

I didn't want to leave the game even though it was late, so I kept playing until the cows came home.

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Pun

• Simile

Tina's razor-sharp, eagle claws scratched my entire arm as she reached for my pencil.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Mr. Meyer is a bright beaming light of wisdom and awesomeness.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Truth