Answer Keys to the Figurative Language Worksheet

Roger feared he would be made the scapegoat for the company's failure.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

That song went on forever. I was tired of it long before it ended.

• hypebole

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

My mom is a whirlwind, spinning through the house cleaning everything in her path.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

Sadly, Samantha slept through her science seminar, and , thus failed the final test.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Her books fell out of her locker with a thud.

• alliteration

• idiom

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Left alone in the classroom, the first-graders went berserk and destroyed everything in their wake.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

• simile

Today was the best day ever.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

• allusion

New York is a city that never sleeps.

• allusion

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Her enthusiasm betrayed her.

• allusion

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

After weeks of working late, Austin was feeling run-down.

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• personification