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Types of Figurative Language 1

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  • Go gather green grass
    Alliteration
  • Boom, Crash, Clink. The plates fell off the shelf.
    Onomatopoeia
  • She really let the cat out of the bag when she reveled the secret plans.
    Idiom
  • I was over the moon when my best friend and I both made it on the team.
    Idiom
  • My heart jumped when my daughter entered the room in her wedding dress.
    Personification
  • The waves raced towards the shore.
    Personification
  • Your son was a shining star in my classroom.
    Metaphor
  • The tree's limb cracked and groaned when lightning hit it.
    Personification
  • I’ve told you to clean your room a million times!
    Hyperbole
  • Little Larry licked a lollipop
    Alliteration
  • Me and my dad don't always see eye to eye.
    Idiom
  • The ants soldiered on to steal our dessert
    Metaphor
  • The big day really snuck up on her.
    Personification
  • She was as cool as a cucumber.
    Simile
  • "Break a leg!" I said to him before the show.
    Idiom
  • The tall trees were curtains that surrounded us during our picnic
    Metaphor
  • Both bees and buzzers buzz.
    Onomatopoeia
  • The fireworks went boom.
    Onomatopoeia
  • My cat is as black as coal
    Simile
  • The baby was as cute as a button.
    Simile
  • The basketball swooshed into the net.
    Onomatopoeia
  • He was as quiet as a mouse when he left the room.
    Simile
  • Big bad bear
    Alliteration
  • This game is taking forever.
    Hyperbole
  • Paula planted pretty pink poppies.
    Alliteration
  • This helmet is killing me.
    Hyperbole
  • This decision is really weighing on my mind.
    Metaphor
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