Figurative Languages

The stars were diamonds in the nighttime sky.

• The stars are expensive.

• The stars are not out tonight.

• The stars were bright and sparkling.

This school is an asylum.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

My stomach did a backflip.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

I bolted out the door like a horse leaving the gate for a race.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.

• alliteration

• repetition

• idiom

• hyperbole

She wasn't exactly running in the same circles as me.

• alliteration

• repetition

• idiom

• hyperbole

Jeremy clammed up when he thought others would tease him about his ideas.

• Jeremy kept his ideas to himself.

• Jeremy enjoyed fishing.

• Jeremy spoke freely.

'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

'Pop! The cork flew from the champagne bottle.'  The word 'pop' is an example of:

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• hyperbole

Delaney is the sun in my life; she means everything to me.

• Delaney is yellow.

• Delaney is standing on the roof.

• Delaney is important to me.