Figurative Language R Practice

Her blue eyes were fireflies.

•  simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

You were as brave as a lion..

•  simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• idiom

Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August

•  simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

In Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” the candles sing and dance.

•  simile

• alliteration

• personification

• idiom

 Mike got up on the wrong side of the bed today.

•  simile

• alliteration

• personification

• idiom

He is as strong as an ox.

•  simile

• alliteration

• personification

• idiom

He is a night owl.

•  simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• idiom

The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow.

•  simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

He just lost his head. He’ll apologize when he cools off.

•  simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• idioms

At precisely 6:30 am my alarm clock sprang to life.

•  simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification