Definitions
Edgar Allan Poe
The Beatles
Song Lyrics
Stuck in Neutral
100
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is simile
100
Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth.
What is hyperbole
100
It's been a hard day's night, and I been working like a dog
What is simile
100
Nicki Minaj sings, "boy you got my heart beat runnin' away, beatin' like a drum and it's comin' your way"
What is a simile
100
"The whole world smelled of gasoline."
What is hyperbole
200
This gives human-like characteristics to things that are not human.
What is personification
200
A single dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice.
What is simile
200
Happiness is a warm gun
What is metaphor
200
Adele sings, "The scars of your love remind me"
What is a metaphor
200
"his fists already dirty from weeding, were covered with blood. He looked like a monster, barely recognizable."
What is simile
300
A comparison that does NOT use "like" or "as." Ex. Her eyes were silent pools.
What is metaphor
300
Death has reared himself a throne / In a strange city lying alone
What is personification
300
I ain't got nothing but love, babe / Eight days a week
What is hyperbole
300
Travie McCoy sings, "My heart's a stereo"
What is a metaphor
300
Shawn tells us, "For the next minute the world was filled with the sound of fists hammering into flesh."
What is hyperbole
400
This type of figurative language uses great exaggeration.
What is hyperbole
400
The rosemary nods upon the grave; / The lily lolls upon the wave;
What is personification
400
Friday night arrives without a suitcase
What is personification
400

Katy Perry sings, "I'm falling from cloud nine."

What is hyperbole

400
"In another horrible moment, the back left tire spit out the broken body"
What is personification
500
Woof, boom, crack, buzz, tweet These are all examples of a type of figurative language called ____________
What is onomatopoeia
500
It was a low, dull, quick sound—much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton.
What is simile
500
Julia / Her hair of floating sky is shimmering
What is metaphor
500
Flo-rida raps, "Mama knew I was a needle in a haystack"
What is a metaphor
500
"I've heard the docs explain why they think I'm so stupid to my parents and my parents explain it to their friends about a trillion times."
What is hyperbole
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