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Figurative Language

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  • Cross your fingers that there is a snow day tomorrow!
    idiom
  • He's running faster than the wind.
    hyperbole
  • Make up your own hyperbole about today's weather
    Was it an exaggeration?
  • The rain banged on the door to let it in.
    personification
  • That project took me 100 years!
    hyperbole
  • Make up your own simile about today's weather
    Did it use "like" or "as" and make a comparison?
  • The lightning danced across the sky.
    personification
  • My dad will kill me when he comes home.
    hyperbole
  • What's the meaning of this simile? "The last day of school is like a day at the beach."
    The last day of school is fun, easy, or relaxing
  • What's the meaning of this personification? "The camera loves me!"
    Photos of them always turn out really well.
  • The classroom was a zoo the day before spring break.
    metaphor
  • My best friend sings like an angel.
    similie
  • I ran after the car, but it was a fast as lightening.
    Simile
  • Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
    personification
  • The mighty mountain made the men feel like mice.
    alliteration
  • Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.
    metaphor
  • He is such a rat. I can't believe he told on me!
    metaphor