Figurative Language

The child is a bear when he is sleepy.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Irony

My love is like a red rose.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Irony

It's raining cats and dogs outside.

• Pun

• Irony

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

The student is clearly confused about the directions on the test.

• Oxymoron

• Irony

• Idiom

• Pun

The fire swallowed the entire forest.

• Oxymoron

• Irony

• Idiom

• Personification

I wanted to wakeup Wilma because Grandpa had the hiccups.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

My dad's going to explode when he sees my grades.

• Hyperbole

• Pun

• Simile

• Metaphor

Her eyes are sparkling diamonds.

This phrase is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Personification

The moon played hide and seek with the clouds.

This phrase is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Personification

I have a million things to do today.

This phrase is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Personification