Figurative Language

1. The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran 

across the the ice.

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence?

• simile

• pesonification

• metaphor

• alliteration

The snow on the hill was powdered sugar.

• Simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• oxymoron

The coach was as upset as a lion when his team lost the game.

• Personification

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

Freddy French fired five fabulous free throws.

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• alliteration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

The snowmobile was a rocket in the newly fallen snow.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

The running shoes danced as the runner neared the finish line.

• metphor

• personification

• simile

• oxymoron

“Bang!” went the gun as the race started.

• Onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• personification

• simile

Steven boxes in the light-heavyweight division.

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

Spotlighting several special sports shows seems significant for TV.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• oxymoron

After the marathon, the runner was thirsty enough to drink the ocean.

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

• personification