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Figurative Language
Examples
| Example | Figure of Speech |
|---|---|
| The test was a piece of cake. | Idiom |
| My backpack weighs a ton. | Hyperbole |
| My dog's stomach is growling | Personification |
| The bees buzzed. | Onomatopoeia |
| She floated in like a clown | Simile |
| Under stress, a good doctor will not lose his patients/patience. | Pun |
| The book was a passport to adventure | Metaphor |
| Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers | Alliteration |
| I had to wait 50,000 years for my mom to take me to the movie. | Hyperbole |
| He was as dead as a door nail. | Simile |
| She sold sea shells by the seashore. | Alliteration |
| The treasure map was the key to adventure | Metaphor |
| The mouse screamed as it walked into the mousetrap. | Personification |
| A gift shop sign under it's toy animals reads; "Don't feed the animals, they're already stuffed." | Pun |
| The fish went "bloop' when it hit the water | Onomatopoeia |
| The contestant's mind worked double time to answer the question. | Idiom |
| The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we'll walk by. | Alliteration |
| The ice cream store on the corner has mile high ice cream cones. | Hyperbole |
| Her hair was silk | Metaphor |
| The snake hissed right before it struck. | Onomatopoeia |
| The stuffed bear smiled as the little boy huggesd him close. | Personification |
| The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky. | Simile |
| She sings at the top of her lungs | Idiom |
| He looked at the girl and said, "What a waste/waist." | Pun |
| These walls have ears. | Personification |
| You are just throwing money down the drain. | Idiom |
| His room was a junk pile. | Metaphor |
| The baby's skin was like a rose petal. | Simile |
| The bacon was sizzling in the pan. | Onomatopoeia |
| Jovial Jake joined Judy for juice. | Alliteration |
| What did the grape say when it got stepped on? Nothing - but it let out a little whine. | Pun |
| He hammered so hard, the earth began to shake. | Hyperbole |
| There was once a cross-eyed teacher who couldn't control his pupils. | Pun |
| The wind was blowing so hard, the sun was scared to come out. | Personification |
| His feet are as big as boats. | Simile |
| The sky is a rainbow of colors. | Metaphor |
| The slimy snake slithered south through the grass. | Alliteration |
| There are a zillion trillion stars in the sky tonight. | Hyperbole |
| The chirp of the cricket woke me up. | Onomatopoeia |
| When Jill was talking excessively, Mrs. Perkins told her to put a lid on it. | Idiom |
Created by:
TerriPowell
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