Figurative Language 1

The boy was as brave as a lion in the jungle.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

The mother told her son a million times to wash the dishes.

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

• Hyperbole

The radio stared at me as I drove to school.

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

The bees buzzed as they flew around the garden.

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Her voice was music to my ears.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

You snore like a freight train.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Cool as a cucumber

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

The new boss is as tall as a giraffe.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

I ate so much on Thanksgiving, I weigh more than a whale.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification

No pain, no gain.

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor