Hyperbole
He pleaded for her forgiveness but Janet’s heart was cold iron.
She had a cold heart/incapable of forgiveness.
The sun glared down at me from the sky.
It was harsh and shining and beating down on me.
They covered the ground so much you couldn't see the pavement.
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field A. simile B. Metaphor C. personification
simile (using like or as)
She's got a brain the size of a pea.
She isn't very smart.
She cut him down with her words.
She broke him down emotionally.
The car, painted lime green, raced by screaming for attention.
It wanted to be seen and heard.
They seemed to stab me in the heart, they were so painful.
I will die if she asks me to dance. A. simile B. metaphor C. personification D. hyperbole
Hyperbole
New York City is the city that never sleeps.
People are always busy/entertaining others.
my thoughts are chains of lead.
My thoughts are heavy and weigh on my soul.
The flowers tossed their heads in sprightly dance.
The flowers moved back and forth in the wind.
Her eyes lit up the minute she saw him.
She became happy. The light comes from her happiness.
But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour. A: simile B: metaphor C: personification
Personification
She knocked it out of the park with that speech.
She did an amazing job- she impressed everyone/everyone was in awe.
And therefore I went forth, with hope and fear / Into the wintry forest of our life;
wintry- uncertain, can be cold, harsh. He is going in with positive thoughts/attitudes.
the watchful wind crept along from tent to tent and seemed to whisper "all is well"
The wind visited all the people and gave them comfort.
Do you ever feel, feel so paper-thin
Like a house of cards
One blow from caving in?
Like you're on the brink of losing it.
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances A: simile B:metaphor C: hyperbole
METAPHOR
That book is a real doorstopper.
book is heavy/thick and can be used to stop a door
Some days my thoughts are just cocoons hanging from dripping branches in the grey woods of my mind.
I have things that I long to express but I can't. Maybe they are afraid or sad to.
"William, we are weary" said the sunflowers.
Our traveling habits have tired us.
Can you give us a room with a view?
They are tired of being outside and want to be taken inside to rest.
“False face must hide what the false heart doth know”
You have to pretend that everything is okay to fool someone else. You have hidden intentions.
I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street. A: personification
B: hyperbole C: metaphor
HYPERBOLE