Figurative Language 2

Break a leg.

• simile

• personification

• idiom

This lamp weighs a ton!

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Spring dresses the trees in new colorful clothes.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

The ballet dancer was as graceful as a swan.

• alliteration

• simile

• onomatopeia

Janet's legs turned to marshmallows as she stood before the crowd, preparing to give her speech.

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

Claire closed her cluttered clothes closet.

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

The car horn beeped loudly.

• onomatopeia

• simile

• metaphor

I am so tired I could sleep for ten years.

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

Ken's smile was like a ray of sunshine.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

The ball is in your court.

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole