Figurative Language Review

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

The west wind dances down the road.

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopeia

• Alliteration

The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran across the ice.

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Lisa's lizards were leaping on her lawnchair.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Oxymoron

Her blonde hair shined like the sun.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

I can smell pizza from a mile away.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Which of the following is an example of SIMILE?

• The soldier was as brave as a lion.

• Her voice is music to my ears.

• Her stomach complained loudly after she ate the spicy enchiladas.

• Your suitcase weighs a ton!

Which of the following is an example of METAPHOR?

• The soldier was as brave as a lion.

• Her voice is music to my ears.

• Her stomach complained loudly after she ate the spicy enchiladas.

• Your suitcase weighs a ton!