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Figurative Language

Mead Middle School Figurative Language Sort

Figurative LanguageExample
hyperbole You've already told me that story a million times.
personification The spicy food danced around my taste buds.
personification The floor boards moaned as I tiptoed across the room.
hyperbole My backpack weighed a ton.
metaphor The toddler's eyes were sparkling gems.
onomatopoeia I heard the whoosh of the tennis racket as it sliced through the air.
simile As the girl was humiliated, her cheeks turned as red as an apple.
metaphor Dad is a monster in the morning before he drinks his coffee.
hyperbole Josie's new friend is as skinny as a toothpick.
personification The sun smiled at the world as it rose in the morning.
alliteration Hal hit the house hard with the hammer.
onomatopoeia The door slowly creaked open and then slammed shut.
metaphor Mrs. Frade's math test was a piece of cake.
simile The toddlers sat in their booster seats like birds on a high line.
simile Dad was almost as hairy as Godzilla.
personification The chair sat lonely in the corner of the room.
metaphor Tyler's room is a junk yard.
alliteration I rode down the Red River on a raft.
alliteration The bouncing baby babbled as he drank his bottle.
personification The train waited patiently for the passengers to board.
personification Did you hear the angry thunder last night?
personification The hungry pencil sharpener devoured the shrinking pencil.
onomatopoeia The motor was humming all night.
onomatopoeia The honey bees were buzzing around the hive.
onomatopoeia The taxi driver would not stop honking his horn.
onomatopoeia There is bread in the toaster and bacon sizzling on the stove.
simile The library was as quiet as a graveyard.
simile Tony ran like a cheetah.
simile The clouds were like marshmallows.
simile Dad's snoring was as loud as a freight train.
simile The crayons melted in the sun like ice cream.
metaphor Our computer is a dinosaur.
metaphor The clouds were marshmallows in the sky.
metaphor Cody was a charging bull on the football field.
metaphor There was not even a ripple on the lake. The water was glass.
hyperbole I could eat a million of grandma's chocolate chip cookies.
hyperbole Jessica's smile was a mile wide.
hyperbole The movie was so sad that I cried an ocean of tears.
hyperbole My dad's snoring is louder than a freight train.
personification Each night my pillows welcome me into bed.
alliteration Tommy took two tomatoes to his father's truck.
alliteration Please pass the plate of potatoes.
alliteration Chad choked on the bad cheddar cheese.
alliteration Betty stared in amazement at the beautiful, blue butterflies.
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