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Welcome to IXL's figurative language page. We offer fun, unlimited practice in 68 different figurative language skills.

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Personification is when you give human qualities or abilities to an object or animal. It is a literary tool that adds interest and fun to a poem or story. When a writer brings a non-human object to life it can help us understand better what they're trying to say.

Common Personification Examples

Lightning danced across the sky.

The wind howled in the night.

The car complained as the key was turned.

Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

My alarm clock yells at me every morning.

The avalanche devoured anything standing in its way.

Traffic slowed to a crawl.

The door protested as it opened slowly.

My house is a friend who protects me.

The moon played hide and seek with the clouds.

That book was so popular, it flew off the shelves.

My car's headlights winked at me.

She is so beautiful the camera loves her.

The stairs groaned as we walked on them.

Winter's icy grip caused people to shudder.

Our vacuum hums a happy tune while it cleans.

You need to cross over at the mouth of the river.

Time flies and waits for no one.

My flowers were begging for water.

The ivy wove its fingers around the fence.

The thunder was grumbling like it was angry.

Hail pounded the houses and streets.

The cactus saluted those who drove past.

The wildfire ran through the forest at an amazing speed.

When I didn't make the team, my dream of being a star died.

Personification in Literature

"Ah, William, we're weary of weather," / said the sunflowers, shining with dew. / "Our traveling habits have tired us. / Can you give us a room with a view?" - "Two Sunflowers Move into the Yellow Room", Nancy Willard

Ten thousand (daffodils) saw I at a glance, / Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. / The waves beside them danced; but they / Out-did the sparkling waves in glee - "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", William Wordsworth

The fog comes / on little cat feet. / It sits looking / over harbor and city / on silent haunches / and then moves on. - "The Fog", Carl Sandburg

The little dog laughed / To see such sport, / And the dish ran away with the spoon. - Nursery Rhyme

The night was creeping on the ground! / She crept and did not make a sound - "Check", James Stephens

"And then one day the boy came back and the tree shook with joy." - The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein

Personification in Advertising

Oreo: Milk's favorite cookie - Oreo

Nothing hugs like Huggies - Huggies diapers

Goldfish: The snack that smiles back - Goldfish snack crackers

Kleenex says bless you - Kleenex facial tissues

The car that cares - Kia

Unwrap a smile - Little Debbie snack cakes

Carvel: It's what happy tastes like - Carvel ice cream

What do you feed a machine with an appetite this big? - Indesit washing machine and Ariel Liquitabs, laundry detergent (UK)

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Personification is when you give human qualities or abilities to an object or animal. It is a literary tool that adds interest and fun to a poem or story. When a writer brings a non-human object to life it can help us understand better what they're trying to say.

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Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound of the object or action it refers to. When you pronounce the word, it will mimic the sound of what it is describing.
It is one of many poetic devices that deal with the sounds of poetry and it is used by poets to engage the sense of sounds and create rich soundscapes, which is often difficult to convey with words.

Sometimes onomatopoeia can be confused with interjections, but they are both very different and distinct concepts. An interjection is a sudden outburst of emotion or excite. Examples of interjection include "ouch" or "wow". There are some onomatopoeic words that can be used as interjections, but most do not imitate sounds.

The concept can be quite difficult to fully understand without onomatopoeia examples that will help to not only see the concept, but also hear it and sound out actual words.

Onomatopoeia Letter Combinations

Most onomatopoeic words can be recognized based on combinations of letters in the words. Often these combinations will be at the beginning of the word, but sometimes they also appear at the end.

Below are a collection of onomatopoeia examples grouped by how they are used.

1. Words related to water. Often, these will start with sp- or dr-. Words ending in -le are used to indicate a small amount of water.Onomatopoeia examples related to water:

2. Words related to the voice. Onomatopoeia words to do with the voice usually start with a gr- or mu-. Sounds from the back of the throat often start with gr- (like growl) and sounds from the lips, tongue and teeth begin with mu- (like mumble).Onomatopoeia examples related to the voice:

3. Words related to collisions. These words are used to describe collisions and contact between objects. Collisions between metal or glass objects usually begin with cl- and collisions that resonate often end with -ng. Soft, heavy objects colliding - like wood or earth - are often described with words beginning with th-.Onomatopoeia examples related to collisions:

4. Words related to air. Air doesn't have a sound, so these words are used to describe the blowing of air through things, or of objecting rushing through the air.Onomatopoeia examples related to air:

Onomatopoeia examples in literature

With a neigh-neigh here,
And a neigh-neigh there
Here a neigh, there a neigh,
Everywhere a neigh-neigh

- Old Macdonald, Nursery Rhyme

Horsey horsey don't you stop
Just let your feet go clippetty clop
The tail goes swish and the wheels go round
Giddy up, we're homeward bound

- Nursery Rhyme

What is Onomatopoeia?

The word itself comes from the combination of two Greek words, 'name' and 'I make'. Taken literally, onomatopoeia means "the name (or sound) I make". The word is simply the way the noise sounds. So, for example, whoosh has no meaning other than to imitate the sound of an object flying quickly through the air.

Sometimes an onomatopoeic word will come to mean more than the sound itself. Take the word "Slap," for instance. It mimics the sound made by skin hitting skin, but it is also used to describe the action of hitting someone with an open hand.

"Rustle" is the sound that papers make when brushed together and is also used to describe the action of somebody who is moving papers around and causing them to brush together: "He rustled the files nervously at his desk".

Write your own onomatopoeia example

Using the examples of onomatopoeia and letter combinations above, try to write your own onomatopoeic poem to practice your knowledge.

Remember: look at the common patterns of onomatopoeic words and patterns and if you get stuck, just ask yourself, "what does it sound like?".

Onomatopoeia Worksheets

This bundle contains 5 ready-to-use onomatopoeia worksheets that are perfect to test student knowledge and understanding of what onomatopoeia is and how it can be used. You can use these onomatopoeia worksheets in the classroom with students, or with home schooled children as well.

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Hyperbole is an exaggeration used for emphasis or humor. This literary tool is often used to make a certain element of a story seem more interesting. To say you were bored to tears (even when you were never on the verge of crying) packs a bit more of a punch than, "I was bored."

These literary tools are meant to be taken with a grain of salt because, while lying isn't encouraged, stretching the truth is the name of the game.

Let's have some fun with entertaining examples of hyperbole for kids that'll acquaint them with a new element of fiction and hopefully spark a lifelong friendship.

Hyperbole to Express Size

She's as thin as a toothpick.

Her brain is the size of a pea.

He was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole.

That mall is large enough to have its own zip code.

I ate so much on Thanksgiving, I weigh more than a whale.

Her smile was a mile wide.

His stomach is a bottomless pit.

Hyperbole to Express Desperation

If I can't get a smartphone, I will die.

My mom is going to kill me.

These dress shoes are killing me.

This is so boring, just kill me now!

It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets.

My mom works her fingers to the bone.

It feels like my birthday will never come.

I had a ton of chores to do.

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

It's so hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk.

We used to walk 15 miles to school in the snow, uphill.

You could have knocked me over with a feather.

Hyperbole to Exaggerate Expense

Our new house cost a bazillion dollars.

We don't have two cents to rub together.

The church was decorated with a million flowers.

He's got tons of video games.

Hyperbole to Exaggerate Time

Grandpa is older than dirt.

Old Mr. Smith has been teaching here since the Stone Age.

My dad is always working.

I've told you a million times not to do that.

We waited for centuries for the latest game to be released.

It will only take me two seconds to get there.

You're walking slower than a snail.

Carrie never stops talking.

I'm going to stay awake all night to catch Santa Claus.

Hyperboles in Ads

Kids see advertisements all the time and many contain hyperboles. Here of some examples of hyperboles in advertising:

AT&T - Reach out and touch someone.

Citgo - There at every turn.

Citi - Citi never sleeps.

Disneyland - The happiest place on earth.

Esso - Put a tiger in your tank.

Energizer - Keeps going and going and going.

Geico - It's so easy, a caveman can do it.

Oscar Meyer - It doesn't get better than this.

Redbull - It gives you wings!

Sherwin Williams - Cover the earth.

Visa - It's everywhere you want to be.

Now that the kids are hooked on hyperbole, we hope you'll continue the fun with more Examples of Hyperbole. And, when the time's right, why not expand their horizons into personification or alliteration? These Figure of Speech Examples provides a nice starting point for all the fictional fun you're about to ensconce them in.

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Hyperbole is an exaggeration used for emphasis or humor. This literary tool is often used to make a certain element of a story seem more interesting. To say you were bored to tears (even when you were never on the verge of crying) packs a bit more of a punch than, "I was bored."

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Alliteration happens when words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence. The sound is usually a consonant and the words don't have to always be right next to one another.

One of the fun features of alliteration is when it becomes a tongue twister.

Examples of Alliteration

Here are some examples:

Come and clean your closet.

The big bad bear attacked all the little bunnies in the forest.

Shut the shutter before it makes you shudder.

Go and gather the green leaves in the lawn.

Please put your pen away and play the piano.

Round and round she ran until she realized she was running round and round.

Out with the only open tin of tuna.

I had to hurry home because grandma wanted her waffles.

The baron was busy as a bee.

Garry gathered the garbage.

Lazy lizards lying like lumps!

Paula planted the petunias in the pot.

Kim comes to cut colorful kites.

Boil the butter and bring it by the bank.

Orson's owl out-performed ostriches.

Larry's lizard likes leaping leopards.

Examples of Alliteration in Literature

Three grey geese in a green field grazing. Grey were the geese and green was the grazing. - Three Grey Geese by Mother Goose

Great Aunt Nellie and Brent Bernard who watch with wild wonder at the wide window as the beautiful birds begin to bite into the bountiful birdseed. - Thank-You for the Thistle by Dorie Thurston

Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said, this butter's bitter; if I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter, but a bit of better butter will make my batter better. - Betty Botter by Carolyn Wells

A certain young fellow named Beebee; Wished to marry a lady named Phoebe; "But," he said. "I must see; What the minister's fee be; Before Phoebe be Phoebe Beebee" by Mother Goose

I need not your needles, They're needless to me, For kneading of needles, Were needless, you see; But did my neat trousers, But need to be kneed, I then should have need of your needles indeed. - Baker's Reply to the Needle Salesman by unknown

Alliteration Tongue Twisters

Here are examples:

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.

Black bug bit a big black bear. But where is the big black bear that the big black bug bit?

Sheep should sleep in a shed.

I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw.

A big bug bit the little beetle but the little beetle bit the big bug back.

Show Shawn Sharon's shabby shoes.

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck; If a woodchuck would chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck; If a woodchuck would chuck wood.

Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep. The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed shilly-shallied south. These sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack.

Alliteration in Names

Here are examples of alliteration in brand names and famous people

Chuckee Cheese's

Coca-Cola

Dunkin' Donuts

Krispy Kreme

Mickey Mouse

Porky Pig

Fred Flintstone

Donald Duck

Spongebob Squarepants

Seattle Seahawks

Looking for more examples of alliteration? YourDictionary has several articles on alliteration in different types of literature. You can even learn more about how to identify alliteration and see more examples to test your skills in spotting this fun way to write.

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