What Is Figurative Language

The firework exploded in the air, making a big BOOM in the air. is an example of 

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• All of the above

He was as cool as a cucumber." is an example of a(n)

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• None of the above

The stars will cry.
The kind of figurative language used here is _______

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Fall Fridays feel fantastic. 

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

She sells sea shells by the seashore is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• idiom

What type of figurative language is shown?

The thunder boomed in the storm.

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

What type of figurative language is shown?
I have told you a million times not to do that!

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

What type of figurative language is shown?
Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

What type of figurative language is shown?
Tracy was really feeling down in the dumps.

• personification

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor