Figurative language M.6

My father was the sun and the moon to me. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

The rain seemed like an old friend who had finally found us. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• onomatopoiea

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

He was a library of information about baseball. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

The sun was a gleaming pearl.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• alliteration

Tyler stood up, popping out of his seat like a toaster strudel.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• personification

• Idiom

Kyra hung her head like a dying flower.

• Metaphor

• Context clues

• Simile

• idiom

Sophie's tears were a river flowing down her

cheeks.

• noun

• metaphor

• simile

• verb

Life is a roller coaster ride.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

The siblings fought like cats and dogs.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

The flowers danced in the wind is an example of:

• Simile

• Personification

• Cliche

• Idiom