Simile or Metaphor
Simile or Metaphor?
His words cut deeper than a knife.
Metaphor
Alliteration or Assonance?
Sally sells seashells by the sea shore.
Alliteration
What is being personified?
The sun smiled down on us.
The sun
What is being hyperbolized?
He was so hungry he could eat a horse.
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
Simile or Metaphor?
I am feeling blue.
Metaphor
Alliteration or assonance?
Mike's bike has bright white stripes.
Assonance
What is being personified?
Lightning danced across the sky.
Lightning
What is being hyperbolized?
It cost an arm and a leg.
It's cost
What type of figurative language is this?
You are as cold as ice.
Simile
Simile or Metaphor?
I am as busy as a bee.
Simile
Alliteration or assonance?
He eats the sweet treats.
Assonance
What is being personified?
The piece of pie was calling my name.
The piece of pie
What is being hyperbolized?
She can hear a pin drop in the house.
The quietness in the house.
What type of figurative language is this?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
Simile or Metaphor?
The cold air pierced his skin.
Metaphor
Alliteration or assonance?
Claire, close your cluttered closet.
Alliteration
What is being personified?
The wind howled in the night.
The wind
What is being hyperbolized?
She is as old as the dinosaurs.
Her age
What type of figurative language is this?
My plants are begging for water.
Personification
Simile or Metaphor?
He is as sick as a dog.
Simile
Alliteration or assonance?
Please practice the piano.
Alliteration
What is being personified?
The story jumped off the page.
What is being hyperbolized?
This cold is freezing me to death.
The cold
What type of figurative language is this?
He is a shining star.
Metaphor