Figurative Language

There was a tremendously loud CRASH on the street outside my window.

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

I felt like my sister was a million miles away when she left for college.

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

The girl looked as cozy as a soft kitten when she fell asleep on her blanket.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

The sun was a glowing ball of fire in the sky.

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

She was down in the dumps when her friend moved away.

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

Betsy baked better bread with bananas, blueberries, and butter.

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

The bugs went SPLAT on the windshield when we were driving to the campsite.

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

The warm smile of the sun made me happy that summer was finally here.

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

I had thousands of chores to do before the day was over.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• hyperbole

She was treated like a queen on her birthday.

• metaphor

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• simile