FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

New Castle Middle School

Ms. Gant, 2013

Her glasses looked like small bottle caps.

SIMILE

His eyes are shining stars in the middle of

the night.

METAPHOR

It was about a zillion degrees below zero.

HYPERBOLE

The rain kissed my face as it fell.

PERSONIFICATION

He is a rabbit lost in the woods.

METAPHOR

The strawberries were yelling, “Eat me

first!”

PERSONIFICATION

All this health homework has given

me a disease.

HYPERBOLE

My brother is a clown.

METAPHOR

It was raining cats and dogs.

IDIOM

She swims like a fish.

SIMILE

The car engine coughed and cried when it started during

the cold winter morning.

PERSONIFICATION

Five hundred jigsaw puzzle pieces fell to the

floor like a blizzard.

SIMILE

We were tiny fish swimming in a sea of

people.

METAPHOR

The pillow was a cloud when I put my head

upon it.

METAPHOR

I’m on top of the world!!

IDIOM

The athlete was as strong as an

ox.

SIMILE

Mother made enough dinner to feed an

army.

HYPERBOLE

The China danced on the shelves during the earthquake.

PERSONIFICATION

Stop your monkey business!!

IDIOM

Bradley was a bouncing football traveling down the hill beside his sled.

METAPHOR

He is like a monster when he

plays sports.

SIMILE

He is a monster when he plays

sports.

METAPHOR

My backpack weighs a ton.

HYPERBOLE

The water opened its arms and invited

them in.

PERSONIFICATION

My friends say I’m actin’ wild as a

bug.

SIMILE

Don’t make me put my foot down!

IDIOM

Sleet whispered in the air before it fell to the rooftops and streets

below.

PERSONIFICATION

The pieces of hair on the floor were an exotic carpet of

strange brown fibers that criss-crossed in a crazy

pattern.

METAPHOR

This class lasts forever!

HYPERBOLE