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Figurative Language

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  • I had to wait forever just to get my lunch
    Hyperbole
  • Giving human qualities to an object
    animal
    or idea
    Personification
  • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
    Alliteration
  • A comparison of two things using the words like or as
    Simile
  • Words that imitate sounds
    Onomatopoeia
  • Click-clack went the old typewriter
    Onomatopoeia
  • The leaves crunched under my feet
    Onomatopoeia
  • A comparison of two things by saying one thing is another
    Metaphor
  • The old car was a dinosaur on the road
    Metaphor
  • An extreme exaggeration used to make a point
    Hyperbole
  • The lightning danced across the sky
    Personification
  • The classroom was a zoo during indoor recess
    Metaphor
  • The stars winked in the night sky
    Personification
  • The flowers begged for water
    Personification
  • My backpack weighs a thousand pounds
    Hyperbole
  • A phrase that has a meaning different from what the words actually say
    Idiom
  • Her smile was as bright as the sun
    Simile
  • The repetition of the same beginning sound in a group of words
    Alliteration
  • Seven slippery snakes slithered south
    Alliteration
  • Boom! The fireworks exploded in the night sky
    Onomatopoeia
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