Figurative Language

She ran out the door so fast I'm amazed her shoes didn't catch on fire.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

The clouds look like fluffy white marshmallows today.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

That dog is a clown!

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

• hyperbole

I move fast like a cheetah on the Serengeti.

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• personification

The sky misses the sun at night.

• personification

• imagery

• simile

• hyperbole

The countryside smells fresh and green with nothing but new mown grass.

• imagery

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

The chicken hurled insult after insult at me.

• personification

• hyperbole

• imagery

• simile

It is going to take a b'zillion years to get through fifth grade.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

The kid was as welcome as a skunk at a lawn party.

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• imagery

The bacon sizzled when it was placed on the griddle.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• consonance

• personification