Figurative Language - Identify It P) Personification S) Simi...

Figurative Language - Identify It P) Personification S) Simile H) Hyperbole M) Metaphor L) Literal

1. Idiom

1. The traffic crawled along the congested highway.
2. The city slept well the night the wanderer was captured
3. Harry doesn't believe men lauded on the moon. He is a doubting Thomas
4. The house was small.
5. She wore a lively outfit.
6. The sky of love opened the day she met Tom.
7. Her soft skin was like silk under his fingers.
8. The messy room seemed depressed.
9. I had a big breakfast, but by lunchtime I was starving!
10. The branches of the tree reached for the sky.
11. It takes my girlfriend an eternity to get dressed.
12. I have an axe to grind with my old enemy.
13. The man was so fat, be must have weighed a ton.
14. We baked in the hot sun.
15. I am sick to death of greedy politicians.
16. My two year old daughter is the apple of my eye.
17. My new shoes cost a fortune.
18. To wish the actors good luck, we said, "Break a leg!"
19. We must have walked a lamdred miles today.
20. The hole was so deep; it went all the way to the other side of the world!
21. Stop beating around the bush! Get to the point!
22. I traveled to the moon and back to finish this assignment.
23. The country village opened its arms to the tourists.
24. The negative impact of the war was beyond measure.
25. The iPad is the greatest invention of all time.
26. This assignment is impossible.
27. The prisoner lived in a desert of loneliness and regret.
28. Thomas Edison believed that direct current was superior to alternating current.
29. The sight of civilization was like a tall drink of water to the wandering explorers.
30. It takes a million years for this class to end
31. The Lakers played a good game.
32. The teacher talked until her tongue fell out
33. You could have knocked me over with a feather.
34. I was so hungry I thought I was going to die.
35. After I ate the bad seafood, my stomach complained and moaned all day.
36. Dogs and cats have been enemies since the beginning of time.
37. Your teacher is an ocean of useful information.
38. The sparrow landed on the peak of the roof.
39. The Democratic Party has been in power for an eternity
40. The messy house screamed for attention.