Christmas Figurative Language

You're as cuddly as a cactus

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Giving human characteristics to something that is not human is called...

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

There were a million presents under the Christmas tree.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Words that imitate the sounds that they make are known as....

• alliteration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphors

Rudolph the red nosed reindeer has a really red nose.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

The snow was a blanket over the dead grass.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

The Christmas lights danced across the tree.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

The beard on his chin was as white as the snow.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

We're a picture of perfection sitting by the fire.

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia