Figurative Language Practice

A figure of speech suggesting that two different things are the same thing.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

A phrase that means something different than its literal meaning.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Personification

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Figurative language that uses “like” or “as” to make a comparison.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

Figurative language that makes a non-human thing seem human.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom

What type of figurative language is this an example of:

The bed was as soft as a cloud.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is this an example of:

That test was a piece of cake!

• personification

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is this an example of:

The leaves danced across the yard.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

What type of figurative language is this an example of:

My backpack weighs a ton.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

What type of figurative language is this an example of:

The classroom was a zoo.

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• idiom