Figurative Language Check

Janie read a book by the babbling brook.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

Both bees and buzzers buzz.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

John’s answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

I’ve seen this movie at least 80,000 times.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Her hair was as soft as a spider web.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

The teacher heard the distinct crunch of ruffled potato chips.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

My dad is always working.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Most monsters don’t mind making messes.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

The candy was killing my cavity.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• All of the above