Figurative Language

The slices of bread jumped from the toaster suddenly, scaring me.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

When things are compared WITHOUT using the words like or as.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Which sentence shows alliteration?

• Everyone stopped working when we heard "slam" next door

• Lily is a jumping bean today.

• Leo is as happy as a clam with his piece of cake.

• Silly Suzy sat in the sunny sand.

Which sentence includes a metaphor?

• I swung the bat and "whack" hit a home run!

• The candy was as sour as a lemon.

• My baby brother is a sweet teddy bear.

• Tommy took two tiny twigs.

Which sentences includes a hyperbole?

• My hair is as messy as a hurricane.

• My backpack weighs a ton!

• Dean drank dozens of drinks.

• The stars winked at me from the sky.

"Her heart is like gold" is a

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Smile

"Tom is a human calculator" is a

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

When a word represents a sound being made.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

"She cried so long her bedroom flooded with tears" is an examples of...

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

"Hoot" is an example of

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration