Figurative Language Vocabulary and Examples

I felt like an old pair of socks when I woke up.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

This computer is a dinosaur

• allusion

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

Marblehead Magicians are mighty

• allusion

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

I read a whole library of books in English this year

• alliteration

• allusion

• metaphor

• hyperbole

The pen leapt out of her hand.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

Chocolate is my Achilles' heel.

• alliteration

• allusion

• hyperbole

• personification

Buzz

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

The box was as light as a feather

• hyperbole

• allusion

• metaphor

• simile

He's a couch potato

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Sally sells seashells by the seashore

• simile

• alliteration

• allusion

• personification