Figurative Language

"The ocean wave picked her up and slammed her onto the beach," is an example of...

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

"She sat in the library as quiet as a mouse," is an example of...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

"The door opened with a creak," is an example of...

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

"This is the worst day anyone has EVER had," is an example of...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

"That soccer player is a rhino trampling over his opponents," is an example of...

• Simile

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

"The library after hours was silent as the grave," is an example of...

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

"The wind sang a song to the swaying trees," is an example of...

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

"I was afraid my friend would spill the beans about our secret," is an example of...

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

"A big black bear burst out and bounded at me," is an example of...

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

"Cows say moo and pigs say oink," is an example of...

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile