Figurative Language

My stomach did a backflip.

• personification

• metaphor

• similie

• onomatopeia

I waited a million years for my nails to dry.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• similie

• repetition

• idiom

• alliteration

The thunder went BOOM!

• metaphor

• onomatopeia

• personification

• similie

My life is like a box of chocolates!

• repetition

• similie

• personification

• metaphor

The boy was as brave as a lion in the jungle.

• onomatopeia

• idiom

• similie

• personification

The sea lashed out in anger at the ships.

• personification

• smilie

• metaphor

• repetition

I've told you a thousand times to clean your room!

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

The sun is my guide.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

• similie

Break a leg!

• personification

• similie

• hyperbole

• idiom