FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PRACTICE Directions: Determine or record what figure of speech is being used in each example. Devices: Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Alliteration, Onomatopoela, Idiorn, Hyperbole, EXAMPLES I. My teacher is a dragon. Allusion. 2. The car raced by screaming for attention. 3. The stars were sparkling like diamonds in the night sky. 4. Sally sells sea shells down by the sea shore. 5. Her heels clacked on the hardwood floor. 6. I was going to text you back but it slipped my mind. 7. The run-down house appeared depressed. 8. Things became hard in her life, but she just kept swimming. 9. I love the sound of bacon sizzling on a weekend. 10. My little brother annoys me so much I could strangle him! Il. I'm so tired I could sleep for a year. 12. I'm soaked! It's raining cats and dogs outside. DEVICE Metaphor 13. I'm as hungry as a bear when I get home from school. 14. His messy room was a disaster zone.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PRACTICE Directions: Determine or record what figure of speech is being used in each example. Devices: Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Alliteration, Onomatopoela, Idiorn, Hyperbole, EXAMPLES I. My teacher is a dragon. Allusion. 2. The car raced by screaming for attention. 3. The stars were sparkling like diamonds in the night sky. 4. Sally sells sea shells down by the sea shore. 5. Her heels clacked on the hardwood floor. 6. I was going to text you back but it slipped my mind. 7. The run-down house appeared depressed. 8. Things became hard in her life, but she just kept swimming. 9. I love the sound of bacon sizzling on a weekend. 10. My little brother annoys me so much I could strangle him! Il. I'm so tired I could sleep for a year. 12. I'm soaked! It's raining cats and dogs outside. DEVICE Metaphor 13. I'm as hungry as a bear when I get home from school. 14. His messy room was a disaster zone.