Figure Me Out!

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!
 KitKat You are a “pretty as a
bear in the picture”
START  morning.
alliteration simile metaphor
oxymoron metaphor simile

Sally sells
sea shells.
FINISH!
alliteration
Answer onomatopoeia

The paper the The sun

screamed. sang in the
questions 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 This place is “pretty as a
like a Garden picture”
clam”
of Eden .
START 
simile oxymoron metaphor
metaphor allusion simile

Sally sells
sea shells.
FINISH!
alliteration
Answer onomatopoeia

The paper the The sun

screamed. sang in the
questions 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 “give a
clam” bear in the hand”
START  morning.
simile simile synecdoche
metaphor metaphor metonymy

Sally sells
sea shells.
FINISH!
alliteration
Answer onomatopoeia

The paper the The sun

screamed. sang in the
questions 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

screamed. sang in the
questions 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 Old news.

screamed.
questions
personification
correctly metonymy
to reveal
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
“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

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

“ugly as an
ogre” the paid
volunteer
simile surprise oxymoron
metaphor picture! allusion

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

screamed. sang in the
questions 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 Orange-

princess. rock. flavored
hyperbole coke.
simile alliteration
metaphor synecdoche
onomatopoeia metaphor
alliteration
 “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

screamed. sang in the
questions 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

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

“ugly as an
ogre” the BANG!

simile surprise onomatopoeia

metaphor picture! simile

Buzz The White Red roses I’m hungry;

House. rock. I could eat a
hyperbole horse.
allusion alliteration
metaphor hyperbole
onomatopoeia metonymy
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

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

“ugly as an
ogre” the BANG!

simile surprise onomatopoeia

metaphor picture! simile

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

heel princess. rock. I could eat a
oxymoron horse.
simile alliteration
allusion 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

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

“open
secret” the BANG!

oxymoron surprise onomatopoeia

alliteration 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

peppy the The sun

puppy sang in the
questions sky.
alliteration
correctly metaphor
allusion
to reveal 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

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

“ugly as an Click the BANG!

ogre”
finish onomatopoeia
simile
metaphor
button for
simile
a surprise!
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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