Figurative Language Review

My flowers were begging for water.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Time flies when you're having fun.

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Ripe tomatoes are pieces of heaven in my garden.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Screech! The car came to a stop.

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

He ran like a train speeding down the track.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

When will Wendy fly?

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• alliteration

• personification

I went home and made the biggest sandwich of all time.

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

The desk creaked when I sat down.

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

The angry waves met the beach.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

Catherine can't come to the castle.

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor