Figurative Language Fun!

•Read each sentence.•Decide if the sentence contains a simile, metaphor, idiom, hyperbole, or personification. •Click the correct answer.

1. The heat ripped the breath from her lungs.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

2. The baby was as cute as a cupcake!

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

3. Her soft voice was music to his ears.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

4. My sister uses so much makeup, when she smiles her cheeks fall off.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

5. I may be low man on the totem pole now, but someday I will be

boss.• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

6. John went home from school Tuesday, sick as a dog.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

7. As the rain pounded to the ground, everyone ran for cover.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

8. In math, she’s always quick on the draw.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

9. My teacher is so old, she can’t even remember her own name!

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

10. The boy was in a sea of trouble after coming home late.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor