Figurative Language #2

The dragon was as big as a house.

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

Get off your high horse.

• simile

• personification

• idiom

• alliteration

Ms. Morris makes marvelous muffins.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

It took my mom a million years to make breakfast.

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

The waves whispered their secrets to the shore.

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Can you give me a hand with this?

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

The airport was a sauna because it was so hot.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• oxymoron

The hot dogs sizzled on the grill.

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Penelope played the piano professionally.

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteraton

• hyperbole

She ate jumbo shrimp for dinner.

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole