Figuring Out Figurative Language

I have told you a million times not to do that.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Garry’s giraffe gobbled gooseberries greedily, getting good at grabbing goodies.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the pan.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

You are like a hurricane: there's calm in your eye, but I'm getting blown away.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

The wildfire ran through the forest at an amazing speed.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

We waited for centuries for the latest game to be released.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

When Mike turned on the microphone its screech sang across the classroom.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

The beach was a zoo during spring break.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog, cryin’ all the time.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

He is as strong as an ox.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration