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Figurative Language
Smithville Middle School Example Practice
Term | Definition |
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Snow silently falls as Shelley walks. | Alliteration |
The sunset was an explosive fireworks display. | Metaphor |
The rain went pitter-patter. | Onomatopoeia |
The house greeted me as I came home. | Personification |
The smell of freshly baked cookies drifted towards my room | Imagery |
The bright glow of the moon lit up my room | Imagery |
I am so hungry I could eat a million hamburgers. | Hyperbole |
Mrs. DeYoung assigned 2 million pages of reading for tonight | Hyperbole |
He is so quiet you can hear his bones rattle. | Hyperbole |
The old man barked loudly like a dog. | Simile |
I heard a SMACK when the kicker punted the football. | Onomatopoeia |
I nearly died laughing. | Hyperbole |
Her blue polka dotted towels smelled of daises. | Imagery |
I am a rainbow. | Metaphor |
I will go to the West wall in Winston, Wyoming. | Alliteration |
My heart is a stone. | Metaphor |
The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky. | Simile |
He is so quiet you can hear him in China. | Hyperbole |
The pretty bee buzzed by. | Onomatopoeia/Alliteration |
I will go willingly to the west wall. | Alliteration |
The diamond ring shines like the sun. | Simile |
The cat smiled at the little mouse. | Personification |
Her life was an open book. | Metaphor |
Mighty men make money out of movies. | Alliteration |
The stuffed bear laughed as the little boy hugged him close. | Personification |
The fire crackled and popped. | Onomatopoeia |
He is as big as a house. | Simile |
The umbrella sang in the rain. | Personification |
The tired old shoe felt lonesome at the bottom of the closet. | Personification |
He eats like a pig. | Simile |
The tough teachers teach Math and Art. | Alliteration |
My family is like a circus. | Simile |
My heart is like an open highway. | Simile |
The tree jumped out in front of my car. | Personification |
Life is a journey. | Metaphor |
The shiny black had smooth leather seats and darkly tinted windows. | Imagery |
The video camera observed the whole scene. | Personification |
Kerplunk! | Onomatopoeia |
Whoosh! | Onomatopoeia |
The microwave timer told me that my popcorn was done. | Personification |
The icy cold drink tasted great as the sun shined bring in the clear, blue sky. | Imagery |
The deer ran like the wind across the field. | Simile |
Life is a test. | Metaphor |
The baby was a pretty picture. | Metaphor |
The farm dog was so ugly, fleas wouldn't even attack him. | Hyperbole |
I'd give my right arm for a piece of pizza. | Idiom |
He eats like a pig. | Simile |
The lake was as smooth as glass. | Simile |
The girl wore so much make up; it formed a crack the size of the Grand Canyon. | Hyperbole |
The shot was heard round the world. | Hyperbole |
Math is all Greek to me. | Idiom |
You've been so quiet. Does the cat have your tongue? | Idiom |
I'm in the doghouse with my parents. | Idiom |
Nurses work the graveyard shift. | Idiom |
I have a gut feeling that this will turn out great. | Idiom |
You'll have to keep your eye on it. | Idiom |
She's been here long enough that she knows the ropes. | Idiom |
You need to keep looking for your missing phone until the cows come home. | Idiom |
The heat from the stove warmed my hands. | Imagery |
The Starburst fruit chew smelled like lemons. | Imagery |
The huge black clouds drifted across the darkening sky. | Imagery |
Giving human qualities to animals or non-human things | Personification |
comparing 2 unlike things using like or as | Simile |
Comparing 2 unlike things without using like or as | Metaphor |
Sound effects | Onomatopoeia |
Extreme exaggeration | Hyperbole |
repetition of the same beginning consonant sound | Alliteration |
using words to appeal to one's 5 senses | Imagery |
an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own | Idiom |