Examples of Figurative Language

The swimming pool called to the hot children is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

"She could hear the pitter patter of the rain on the roof" is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

The racecar screamed down the track is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

A phrase that compares two things using the words like or as is the definition of...

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

"A phrase that has multiple meanings and is not meant to be taken literally" is the definition of

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

"Giving non-human things human abilities and qualities" is the definition of...

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

"A repeating letter sound in a sentence or phrase" is the definition of...

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

An exaggeration to make something bigger, better, or more

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

"Writing or reading the sound that something makes" is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

"A sentence or phrase that compares two things without using the words like or as" is the definition of...

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperobole

• idiom