Figurative Language 1
Figurative Language 2
Figurative Language 3
Figurative Language 4
Figurative Language 5
100
I waited in line for a million hours until it was my turn.
hyperbole
100
You are the sun, moon, and stars to me.
metaphor
100
The curtains in the window are waving hello to us.
personification
100

Metaphor

  • a comparison between two unlike things 

  • DOES NOT use like, or as

100

Personification

Gives human qualities to objects, ideas, or animals

200
The tree branches danced in the wind.
personification
200
I was so hungry, I even ate the plate.
hyperbole
200

The car was as fast as a jet soaring through the sky.

simile

200
My hair would not cooperate this morning.
personification
200

The sweet signs showed up everywhere.

alliteration

300

Alliteration 

Repetition of the first consonant sounds in neighboring words

300
He is a library of information about athletes.
metaphor
300
Her eyes twinkled like stars.
simile
300

Daily Double!!!

300

Hyperbole

An extreme exaggeration for emphasis

400

There were a million people in line in front of me to see the new Avengers movie.

hyperbole

400
a comparison of two different things using "like" or "as"
simile
400

The bees buzzed around the flowers.

onomatopoeia

400
Her smile was like a vitamin for his heart.
simile
400

Daily Double!!

500

The computer stared at me while I put off doing my homework.

personification

500

A phrase that has a different meaning than what it says.

Idiom

500

Daily Double!!!

500
She walked in the room like a supermodel on a catwalk.
simile
500

I'd rather take a bath with a man-eating shark than do my homework.

hyperbole

600

Her laughter was like a warm blanket or a familiar song.

Simile
600

Daily Double

"He had a broad face and a little round belly That shook, when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.

Simile

600

"The light danced on the surface of the water.”

Personification

600

This car goes faster than the speed of light.

Hyperbole
600

Her hair was a flowing golden river streaming down her shoulders.


Metaphor
700

Gilmore Girls is Miss Gilbert's favorite show.

alliteration

700

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


Hyperbole
700

He pleaded for her forgiveness, but Janet’s heart was ice.


metaphor

700

"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,”

Alliteration

700

 Time after time, I tip-toe around my feelings.

Alliteration

800
My sore feet were begging me to take a break.
personification
800

Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. 

alliteration

800

Their friendship is a rollercoaster ride.

metaphor

800

"The rain mocked the wedding guests' plans,"

Personification

800

He whispers words of wisdom. 

Alliteration

900

 "Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue.

Hyperbole

900
  • As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again (Gone with the Wind)

Hyperbole

900

“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!” Upon seeing Juliet alight upon her balcony, Romeo uses metaphor to compare her visage to that of the sun."

Metaphor

900

Poised between going on and back, pulled
Both ways taut like a tight-rope walker,

simile

900

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.


alliteration

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