Figurative Language Practice 1

We were stopped at that red light for an eternity.

• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• allusion
• idiom

Don't mind Mikey.  He's a grizzly bear until he's had his breakfast.

• personification
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• simile

The candle flamed danced when anyone walked by.

• alliteration
• allusion
• personification
• onomatopoeia

Whose horse is Hector happily riding?

• alliteration
• allusion
• hyperbole
• personifcation

Dad yawned, stretched and said, "Well, it's time to hit the sack."

• idiom
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

His room is a disaster area.

• metaphor
• alliteration
• allusion
• personification

The mailbox leaned unsteadily with its mouth gaping open.

• personification
• idiom
• allusion
• hyperbole

The timer buzzed after twenty minutes.

• idiom
• personification
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

Muriel complained as she lifted Maria's backpack.  "This thing weighs a ton!!"

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• idiom
• onomatopoeia

She's an icicle.  Nothing melts her heart.

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Simile