Figurative Language Sort

Question 1

The spicy food danced around my taste buds.

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 2

Babysitting for the Jones Family is running a three ring circus.

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Question 3

Tyler's room is a junk yard.

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Question 4

Mrs. White's math test was a piece of cake.

Accepted Answer

Idiom

Question 5

I rode down the Red River on a raft.

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 6

Shelly gave me a heads up about the planned fire drill at school.

Accepted Answer

Idiom

Question 7

Math class can drag on for days.

Accepted Answer

Hyperbole

Question 8

Everyone called Kate, Loren and Emma the Three Musketeers.

Accepted Answer

Allusion

Question 9

Furious, Sara stormed off and slammed her bedroom door.

Accepted Answer

Onomatopoeia

Question 10

You've already told me that story a million times.

Accepted Answer

Hyperbole

Question 11

The car's engine roared as the driver sped off.

Accepted Answer

Onomatopoeia

Question 12

My backpack weighed a ton.

Accepted Answer

Hyperbole

Question 13

You are the sunshine in my days.

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Question 14

The chair sat lonely in the corner of the room.

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Personification

Question 15

The toddler's eyes were sparkling gems.

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Question 16

When Cam was caught, I knew we were all in the same boat.

Accepted Answer

Idiom

Question 17

We felt as though Jack Frost had come to live with us.

Accepted Answer

Allusion

Question 18

Let's stop at Dunkin' Donuts on the way.

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 19

Finally, my temper exploded like a bomb.

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 20

Bryan's teeth are a car wreck.

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Question 21

The shelf seemed to actually grab the dust and hold on to it.

Accepted Answer

Personificaion

Question 22

Bethany could sleep through a tidal wave.

Accepted Answer

Hyperbole

Question 23

Kelly shivered and her teeth chattered as she waited for the bus.

Accepted Answer

Onomatopoeia

Question 24

The floor boards moaned as I tiptoed across the room.

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 25

The water reflected colors like a rainbow.

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 26

The bouncing baby babbled as he drank his bottle.

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 27

Chase sure was an Einstein today!

Accepted Answer

Allusion

Question 28

I heard the whoosh of the tennis racket as it sliced through the air.

Accepted Answer

Onomatopoeia

Question 29

Playing tag, Dean felt like a dog chasing its tail.

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 30

Mark has more ideas about science than Ben Franklin.

Accepted Answer

Allusion

Question 31

Dad was almost as hairy as Godzilla.

Accepted Answer

Allusion

Question 32

The wind whistled through the tree branches.

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Personification

Question 33

At the county fair, Jeremy was not a happy camper.

Accepted Answer

Idiom

Question 34

I passed Spanish by the skin of my teeth.

Accepted Answer

Idiom

Question 35

The toddlers sat in their booster seats like birds on a high line.

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 36

It felt like it took thousands of years to finish college.

Accepted Answer

Hyperbole

Figurative Language Sort

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Figurative Language Sort

Questions 36