Figurative Language Practice 2

The steak sizzled on the grill.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

The snow on the ski hill was powdered sugar.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

Freddy French fired five fabulous free throws.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

Homework is a breeze.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

He is as busy as a bee.

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

"The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm" is an example of...

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

"Tracy was feeling down in the dumps after failing the test" is an example of...

• personification

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Which figurative language gives human characteristics to a non-human thing or animal?
"The chocolate ice cream is calling my name."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Which figure of speech is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point?
"I’ve seen this movie a million times."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

My homework is so hard my brain is going to explode.

• alliteration

• simile

• oxymoron

• hyperbole