FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Identify the figure of speech used in each sentence below.
1. He has a heart of gold.
2. Dale’s smile was as bright as the sun shine.
3. Life is a journey; travel it well
4. A wicked whisper came and changed my life.
5. Men's words are bullets that their enemies take up and make use of against them.
6. He roared with the force of a thousand lions.
7. The theater is his home.
8. There had been no rain for months and all the crops were death. Some parts of the farm were
beginning to look like a desert.
9. After a good night sleep, I felt like a million dollars.
10. Everyone wanted Ken on the swim team because he could swim like a fish.
ANSWER KEY
1. Metaphor
2. Simile
3. Metaphor
4. Personification
5. Metaphor
6. Hyperbole
7. Metaphor
8. Smile
9. Simile & Hyperbole
10. Simile & Hyperbole
