Figurative Language

Find the Simile: The clock struck midnight and the sky was as black as ink.

• The clock struck midnight

• as black as ink

Find the simile: The girl walked as slow as a snail because she was so exhausted.

• as slow as a snail

• The girl walked

Find the simile: The new couch was as big as a bus and could hardly fit inside their small living room.

• as big as a bus

• could hardly fit in their small living room.

Find the metaphor: What two things are being compared. Their mom was the rock of the family.

• mom and rock

• rock and family

• mom being the rock of the family

Find the metaphor: What two things are being compared. The ship was a tiger roaring through the water.

• ship and tiger

• ship and water

• ship and tiger roaring through the water

Find the metaphor: What two things are being compared. Her memory is cloudy since she can never remember anything.

• memory and cloudy

• memory and remembering

• cloudy and remember

Find the metaphor: What two things are being compared. The history test was a train wreck.

• train and wreck

• history test and train wreck

• history and train

What is the hyperbole? Her brain was the size of a pea

• her brain

• was the size of a pea

• size of a pea

What is the hyperbole? The pile of garbage reached the sky.

• The pile of garbage

• reached the sky

• garbage reached

What is the hyperbole? The class was never ending.

• The class

• was never

• was never ending