Figurative language

I was so hungry that I even ate the plate

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

My father was the sun and the moon to me

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

My mouth was as dry as a bone

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

Silly sally sang a silly summer song

• onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

BAM! The door shut behind me

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

The curtain was waving to everyone every time the wind blew through the open window

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

Drip, Drop, Drip, Drop went the rain drops falling on the roof of the house

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

The baby was like an octopus, grabbing for everything in sight

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Stand out like a sore thumb

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor