Figurative Language Review

My stomach did a backflip.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

I bolted out the door like a horse leaving the gate for a race.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

The rope SNAPPED in half, and the panic in the child's face was evident.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

Delaney is the sun in my life; she means everything to me.

• Delaney is yellow.
• Delaney is standing on the roof.
• Delaney is important to me.

The fog was a blanket covering the road.

• It was a clear, sunny day.
• The fog was thick.
• The fog was comfortable and cozy.

A dog does NOT symbolize...

• loyalty

• protection

• friendship

• mystery

Which figurative compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?
"You look as white as a ghost."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Homework is a breeze.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Lisa's lizards were leaping on her lawnchair.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

He is as busy as a bee.

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification