Figurative Language

The chair stood up straight and tall.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

She read the book at a snail's pace.

• simile

• personification

• onomatopeia

• metaphor

The bag of gifts weighs a ton!

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Click the button to take the picture.

• onomatopeia

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

My backpack was like a bag of bricks.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

Samantha saw seven silly soldiers selling strawberries Saturday.

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

I ate five-thousand pancakes for breakfast.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopeia

She was as smart as an owl.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

The pig squealed when it saw the dog.

• personification

• onomatopeia

• simile

• metaphor

The tree leaves danced in the wind.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification