Figurative Language

Read the sentence--which figurative language is used.

He was so strong, he could chop the tree down with one swing of his axe.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Read the sentence--which figurative language is used.

"Boom!" the thunder echoed through the sky.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Read the sentence--which figurative language is used.

After a long day of hiking, he slept like a log.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Read the sentence--which figurative language is used.

The warm sun peeked out from behind the grey clouds.

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

Read the sentence--which figurative language is used.

Bees busily buzzed through the blossoms.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Read the sentence--which figurative language is used.

She was as happy as a clam when she won the contest.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Read the sentence--which figurative language is used.

He was a gazelle running smoothly down the road.

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Read the sentence--which figurative language is used.

The cookies were so delicious, I think I ate a million of them.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Read the sentence--which figurative language is used.

The cereal popped and cracked in my bowl.

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

Read the sentence--which figurative language is used.

Mom makes meatloaf on Mondays.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole