Figurative Language Game

1. FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
New Castle Middle School
Ms. Gant, 2013

2. Her glasses looked like
small bottle caps.
SIMILE

3. His eyes are shining
stars in the middle of the
night.
METAPHOR

4. It was about a zillion
degrees below zero.
HYPERBOLE

5. The rain kissed my face
as it fell.
PERSONIFICA
TION

6. He is a rabbit lost in
the woods.
METAPHOR

7. The strawberries were
yelling, “Eat me first!”
PERSONIFICA
TION

8. All this health homework
has given me a disease.
HYPERBOLE

9. My brother is a
clown.
METAPHOR

10. It was raining cats
and dogs.
IDIOM

11. She swims like a
fish.
SIMILE

12. The car engine coughed and
cried when it started during the
cold winter morning.
PERSONIFICA
TION

13. Five hundred jigsaw puzzle
pieces fell to the floor like a
blizzard.
SIMILE

14. We were tiny fish
swimming in a sea of
people.
METAPHOR

15. The pillow was a cloud
when I put my head upon it.
METAPHOR

16. I’m on top of the
world!!
IDIOM

17. The athlete was as
strong as an ox.
SIMILE

18. Mother made enough
dinner to feed an army.
HYPERBOLE

19. The China danced on
the shelves during the
earthquake.
PERSONIFICA
TION

20. Stop your monkey
business!!
IDIOM

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

22. He is like a monster
when he plays
sports.
SIMILE

23. He is a monster when
he plays sports.
METAPHOR

24. My backpack weighs
a ton.
HYPERBOLE

25. The water opened its
arms and invited them
in.
PERSONIFICA
TION

26. My friends say I’m
actin’ wild as a bug.
SIMILE

27. Don’t make me put
my foot down!
IDIOM

28. Sleet whispered in the air
before it fell to the rooftops
and streets below.
PERSONIFICATI
ON

29. The pieces of hair on the floor
were an exotic carpet of strange
brown fibers that criss-crossed in
a crazy pattern.
METAPHOR

30. This class lasts
forever!
HYPERBOLE