Figurative Language

America is a melting pot.

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• personification

The trees danced in the blowing wind.

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• metaphor
• personification

They fight like cats and dogs.

• simile
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• metaphor

Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter.

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• simile

I heard a loud BOOM outside my window.

• personification
• simile
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia

It is so hot outside. I bet it is a million degrees!

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• alliteration
• simile

The play was as boring as watching paint dry.

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

I plant purple petunias in the park.

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• metaphor

The sun played hide and seek with the clouds.

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• personification

I'm so hungry I could eat an elephant.

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• simile