Figurative Language Practice

Which of these is an example of onomatopoeia?

• Oink

• POP!

• Beep

• All of these are good examples of onomatopoeia.

Which of these would be ALLITERATION?

• Burt hit a home run that went to the moon!

• Burt is as smart as a whip!

• Burt bravely burped.

• Burt got himself into hot water by lying.

In paragraph 1, the writer makes the following comparison:

Its leaves, which grow in pairs like a clam's shell, shine with a sweet juice.

Which figurative language technique did the writer use here?

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

The dancer shined as brightly as the sun.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

The grass tickled their feet as they walked barefoot through the yard.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

My sister is like an angel to me.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Greg grabbed a bag of grapes in his grasp.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Alliteration

It's raining cats and dogs!

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

The snow is a white blanket.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Pick up the floor before we go out to recess.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification