Lift the flaps to check your answers. Can you correctly identify the following types of figurative language: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia ? Image source: flickr creative commonsflickr creative commons

The video camera observed the whole scene.

"Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep." Carl Sandburg

The fire crackled and popped as the group huddled together to stay warm.

I will die if she asks me to dance.

The giant's steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.

Jackie Stafford February 14, 2009

Personification The video camera is given the human ability to observe or watch/see.

Metaphor Life is being compared to an onion. The word “like” is used to compare the two.

Onomatopoeia The words “crackle” and “pop” imitate the sounds they describe.

Hyperbole This is a great example of an exaggeration. No one will die from having someone ask him/her to dance!

Simile The sound of the giant’s footsteps is being compared to thunder. Neither the word “like” or “as” is used to compare the two.