Figurative Language Christmas Statements

The snowflakes were diamonds falling from the clouds.

• idiom (common sayings)

• metaphor (compares without like or as)

• personification (human characteristics to nonhuman things)

White snowflakes danced around the playground.

• simile (compares using like or as)

• idiom (common sayings)

• personification (human characteristics to nonhuman things)

The snow covered the ground like icing on a cake.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

Family is a warm fire on a cold winter night.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Jingle, Jingle went the bells as the horse-drawn sleigh slid across the snowy field.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

The Christmas lights winked at me from the trees.

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Click, clack, clunk went the reindeer hooves on the rooftop.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

When Santa laughs, his belly jiggles like a bowlful of jelly.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

The red and white candy canes called my name.

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

I love the sound and sight of soft swirling snowflakes spiraling through the sky.

• simile

• personification

• alliteration