Figurative Language

Match the following types of figurative language to the correct definition.

• compare two things not using like or as

• Similes

• comparing two things using like or as

• Alliteration

• repeating the same beginning sound

• Metaphors

• words that make their own sound

• Onomatopoeia

Match the following types of figurative language to the correct definition.

• giving non-humans human characteristics

• hyperbole

• word phrases with more than one meaning

• idiom

• an exaggeration

• personification

Which type of figurative language is being used?

The tickets sold out at the drop of a hat.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

Which type of figurative language is being used?

I've heard that story a million times.

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Which type of figurative language is being used?

The lumberjack's chainsaw sang while cutting down the tree.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

Which type of figurative language is being used?

Jade snapped her fingers to get my attention.

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Which type of figurative language is being used?

A hundred miles of landscape spread before me like a fan on the road trip.

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Which type of figurative language is being used?

The flowers stood like stars over the field.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• idiom

Which type of figurative language is being used?

Amazing Amy amazes us always.

• personification

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Which type of figurative language is being used?

Bryan got a glove for his birthday, and his brother got an X-Box. Bryan felt like he got the short end of the stick.

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• idiom