figurative language review
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
New Castle Middle School
Ms. Gant, 2013
Her glasses looked like small bottle caps.
SIMILE
His eyes are shining stars in the middle of the night.
METAPHOR
It was about a zillion degrees below zero.
HYPERBOLE
The rain kissed my face as it fell.
PERSONIFICATION
He is a rabbit lost in the woods.
METAPHOR
The strawberries were yelling, “Eat me first!”
PERSONIFICATION
All this health homework has given me a disease.
HYPERBOLE
My brother is a clown.
METAPHOR
It was raining cats and dogs.
IDIOM
She swims like a fish.
SIMILE
The car engine coughed and cried when it started during
the cold winter morning.
PERSONIFICATION
Five hundred jigsaw puzzle pieces fell to the floor like a
blizzard.
SIMILE
We were tiny fish swimming in a sea of
people.
METAPHOR
The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon
it.
METAPHOR
I’m on top of the world!!
IDIOM
The athlete was as strong as an
ox.
SIMILE
Mother made enough dinner to feed an army.
HYPERBOLE
The China danced on the shelves during the
earthquake.
PERSONIFICATION
Stop your monkey business!!
IDIOM
Bradley was a bouncing football traveling down the hill beside his sled.
METAPHOR
He is like a monster when he
plays sports.
SIMILE
He is a monster when he plays
sports.
METAPHOR
My backpack weighs a ton.
HYPERBOLE
The water opened its arms and invited them in.
PERSONIFICATION
My friends say I’m actin’ wild as a
bug.
SIMILE
Don’t make me put my foot down!
IDIOM
Sleet whispered in the air before it fell to the rooftops and streets
below.
PERSONIFICATION
The pieces of hair on the floor were an exotic carpet of
strange brown fibers that criss-crossed in a crazy
pattern.
METAPHOR
This class lasts forever!
HYPERBOLE