The Seven Types of Figurative Language
Personification, onomatopoeia , Hyperbole, Alliteration, Simily, Idiom, Metaphor

PERSONIFICATION

EXAMPLES:

• The trees danced gracefully in the wind.
• Kaitlyn heard the last slice of cake calling her name.
• The busses are impatient in New York.
• The flowers nodded in the wind.
• The clouds pushed each other around in the sky.

ONOMATOPOEIA

EXAMPLES:

• The train goes, "choo, choo."
• The car goes "vroom vroom."
• "Squeak" went the nail on the chalkboard.
• "Screeeeeech" went the car as it came to a sudden stop.
• "Click" wen the car keys.

HYPERBOLE

EXAMPLES:

• I'm so hungry i could eat a horse!
• I'm so tired i could die!
• I'm dying of boredom!
• She's so loud she is waking up the whole world!
• Your bag weighs 500 pounds!

ALLITERATION

EXAMPLES:

• Sally sold seashells by the seashore.
• How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood.
• Donald the dalmation dog dug all day.
• A big bully beats a baby boy.
• But a better butter makes a batter better.

SIMILE

EXAMPLES:

• She is as hungry as a cow.
• He is like a pig.
• Chloe is like a greek goddess.
• That person is as strong as the hulk.
• He is like a dog.

IDIOM

EXAMPLES:

• It's raining cats and dogs.
• Won by the nose.
• It's a piece of cake.
• If the shoe fits, put it on.
• Kill two birds with one stone.

METAPHOR:

EXAMPLES:

• He's a pig.
• She's a owl.
• She's a pretty bird.
• He's a shadow. Every where you go he follows.
• You're the hulk.

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