Figurative Language

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 bees buzzed as they flew around the garden.

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Her voice was music to my ears.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

Cool as a cucumber

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Personification

The new boss is as tall as a giraffe.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

I ate so much on Thanksgiving, my stomach was about to burst.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification

No pain, no gain.

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

The cat meowed for more food.

• Idiom

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile