Figurative Language Game

Can you discover the missing

picture by answering questions
about figurative language?

Click here to read the directions.

 Game Directions
1. Read each clue and click the type of figurative language that
matches it.

2. If you are right, small squares will disappear from the picture
on the right. Try to guess the picture with each clue.

3. If you are wrong, try again.

4. When you get to the end, enjoy your celebration.

Click the magnifying glass

to start the game!
 “happy as a You are a “pretty as a
clam” bear in the picture”
START  morning.
simile simile metaphor
metaphor metaphor simile

Sally sells
sea shells.
FINISH!
alliteration
Answer onomatopoeia

The paper the The sun

questions
screamed. sang in the
sky.
personification
correctly metaphor
to reveal
onomatopoeia personification

“ugly as an
ogre”
the BANG!

simile surprise onomatopoeia

metaphor picture! simile

Buzz The dog is a Red roses I’m hungry;

princess. rock. I could eat a
hyperbole horse.
simile alliteration
metaphor hyperbole
onomatopoeia metaphor
personification
 “happy as a You are a “pretty as a
clam” bear in the picture”
START  morning.
simile simile metaphor
metaphor metaphor simile

Sally sells
sea shells.
FINISH!
alliteration
Answer onomatopoeia

The paper the The sun

questions
screamed. sang in the
sky.
personification
correctly metaphor
to reveal
onomatopoeia personification

“ugly as an
ogre”
the BANG!

simile surprise onomatopoeia

metaphor picture! simile

Buzz The dog is a Red roses I’m hungry;

princess. rock. I could eat a
hyperbole horse.
simile alliteration
metaphor hyperbole
onomatopoeia metaphor
personification
 “happy as a You are a “pretty as a
clam” bear in the picture”
START  morning.
simile simile metaphor
metaphor metaphor simile

Sally sells
sea shells.
FINISH!
alliteration
Answer onomatopoeia

The paper the The sun

questions
screamed. sang in the
sky.
personification
correctly metaphor
to reveal
onomatopoeia personification

“ugly as an
ogre”
the BANG!

simile surprise onomatopoeia

metaphor picture! simile

Buzz The dog is a Red roses I’m hungry;

princess. rock. I could eat a
hyperbole horse.
simile alliteration
metaphor hyperbole
onomatopoeia metaphor
personification
 “happy as a You are a “pretty as a
clam” bear in the picture”
START  morning.
simile simile metaphor
metaphor metaphor simile

looks like a
flower
FINISH!
simile
Answer onomatopoeia

The paper the The sun

questions
screamed. sang in the
sky.
personification
correctly metaphor
to reveal
onomatopoeia personification

“ugly as an
ogre”
the BANG!

simile surprise onomatopoeia

metaphor picture! simile

Buzz The dog is a Red roses I’m hungry;

princess. rock. I could eat a
hyperbole horse.
simile alliteration
metaphor hyperbole
onomatopoeia metaphor
personification
 “happy as a You are a “pretty as a
clam” bear in the picture”
START  morning.
simile simile metaphor
metaphor metaphor simile

Sally sells
sea shells.
FINISH!
alliteration
Answer onomatopoeia

The paper the The sun

questions
screamed. sang in the
sky.
personification
correctly metaphor
to reveal
onomatopoeia personification

“ugly as an
ogre”
the BANG!

simile surprise onomatopoeia

metaphor picture! simile

Buzz The dog is a Red roses I’m hungry;

princess. rock. I could eat a
hyperbole horse.
simile alliteration
metaphor hyperbole
onomatopoeia metaphor
personification
 “happy as a You are a “pretty as a
clam” bear in the picture”
START  morning.
simile simile metaphor
metaphor metaphor simile

Sally sells
sea shells.
FINISH!
alliteration
Answer onomatopoeia

The paper the The sun

questions
screamed. sang in the
sky.
personification
correctly metaphor
to reveal
onomatopoeia personification

“ugly as an
ogre”
the BANG!

simile surprise onomatopoeia

metaphor picture! simile

Buzz The dog is a Red roses I’m hungry;

princess. rock. I could eat a
hyperbole horse.
simile alliteration
metaphor hyperbole
onomatopoeia metaphor
personification
 “happy as a You are a “pretty as a
clam” bear in the picture”
START  morning.
simile simile metaphor
metaphor metaphor simile

Sally sells
sea shells.
FINISH!
alliteration
Answer onomatopoeia

The paper the The sun

questions
screamed. sang in the
sky.
personification
correctly metaphor
to reveal
onomatopoeia personification

“ugly as an
ogre”
the BANG!

simile surprise onomatopoeia

metaphor picture! simile

Buzz The dog is a Red roses I’m hungry;

princess. rock. I could eat a
hyperbole horse.
simile alliteration
metaphor hyperbole
onomatopoeia metaphor
personification
 “happy as a You are a “pretty as a
clam” bear in the picture”
START  morning.
simile simile metaphor
metaphor metaphor simile

Sally sells
sea shells.
FINISH!
alliteration
Answer onomatopoeia

The paper the The sun

questions
screamed. sang in the
sky.
personification
correctly metaphor
to reveal
onomatopoeia personification

“ugly as an
ogre”
the BANG!

simile surprise onomatopoeia

metaphor picture! simile

Buzz The dog is a I’m hungry;

War is
princess. I could eat a
hyperbole peace horse.
simile
paradox hyperbole
onomatopoeia metaphor oxymoron personification
 “happy as a You are a “pretty as a
clam” bear in the picture”
START  morning.
simile simile metaphor
metaphor metaphor simile

Sally sells
sea shells.
FINISH!
alliteration
Answer onomatopoeia

The paper the The sun

questions
screamed. sang in the
sky.
personification
correctly metaphor
to reveal
onomatopoeia personification

“ugly as an
ogre”
the BANG!

simile surprise onomatopoeia

metaphor picture! simile

Buzz The dog is a Red roses I’m hungry;

princess. rock. I could eat a
hyperbole horse.
simile alliteration
metaphor hyperbole
onomatopoeia metaphor
personification
 “happy as a You are a “pretty as a
clam” bear in the picture”
START  morning.
simile simile metaphor
metaphor metaphor simile

Sally sells
sea shells.
FINISH!
alliteration
Answer onomatopoeia

The paper the The sun

questions
screamed. sang in the
sky.
personification
correctly metaphor
to reveal
onomatopoeia personification

“ugly as an
ogre”
the BANG!

simile surprise onomatopoeia

metaphor picture! simile

Buzz The dog is a Red roses I’m hungry;

princess. rock. I could eat a
hyperbole horse.
simile alliteration
onomatopoeia hyperbole
metaphor metaphor
personification
 “happy as a You are a “pretty as a
clam” bear in the picture”
START  morning.
simile simile metaphor
metaphor metaphor simile

Sally sells
sea shells.
FINISH!
alliteration
Answer onomatopoeia

The paper the The sun

questions
screamed. sang in the
sky.
personification
correctly metaphor
to reveal
onomatopoeia personification

“ugly as an
ogre”
the BANG!

simile surprise onomatopoeia

metaphor picture! simile

Buzz The dog is a Red roses I’m hungry;

princess. rock. I could eat a
hyperbole horse.
simile alliteration
metaphor hyperbole
onomatopoeia metaphor
personification
 “happy as a You are a “pretty as a
clam” bear in the picture”
START  morning.
simile simile metaphor
metaphor metaphor simile

Sally sells
sea shells.
FINISH!
alliteration
Answer onomatopoeia

The paper the The sun

questions
screamed. sang in the
sky.
personification
correctly metaphor
to reveal
onomatopoeia personification

“ugly as an
ogre”
the BANG!

simile surprise onomatopoeia

metaphor picture! simile

Buzz The dog is a Red roses I’m hungry;

princess. rock. I could eat a
hyperbole horse.
simile alliteration
metaphor hyperbole
onomatopoeia metaphor
personification
 “happy as a You are a “pretty as a
clam” bear in the picture”
START  morning.
simile simile metaphor
metaphor metaphor simile

Sally sells
sea shells.
FINISH!
alliteration
You have onomatopoeia

The paper found my The sun

dog Chloe!
screamed. sang in the
sky.
personification
metaphor
onomatopoeia Click the personification

“ugly as an finish BANG!

ogre” button for onomatopoeia
a surprise!
simile
metaphor simile

Buzz The dog is a Red roses I’m hungry;

princess. rock. I could eat a
hyperbole horse.
simile alliteration
metaphor hyperbole
onomatopoeia metaphor
personification
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