Figurative Language

I have a ton of homework.

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

"When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears..."

• hyperbole

• personfication

• simile

• metaphor

The cookies begged me to eat them.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Life is a highway.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Identify a hyperbole.

• The delicious bread danced in my stomach.

• You're like a bear in the morning.

• My love is a red, red rose.

• I've said that a million times.

Which of the following is an extreme exaggeration?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

I ate so much; I think I'm going to explode.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

I'll finish watching dishes faster than you can blink.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Life is like a box of chocolates.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas; the road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole