Answer Keys to the Figurative Language Worksheet

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

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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

• hypebole

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Her books fell out of her locker with a thud.

• alliteration

• idiom

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Today was the best day ever.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

New York is a city that never sleeps.

• allusion

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Her enthusiasm betrayed her.

• allusion

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B