Locate the Simile
Locate the Metaphor
Locate the Personification
Locate the Hyperbole
What's That Figure of Speech
200
"I'm a fish with a nose like a sword."
"...a nose like a sword"
200
"Life is your restaurant, and I'm your maitre d’."
"Life is your restaurant..."
200
"I just can't. The sky's awake, so I'm awake, so we have to play."
"The sky's awake..."
200
"And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while, 'cause girl, you're amazing just the way you are."
"...the whole world stops and stares for a while..."
200
"And maybe it's the party talking, or the chocolate fondue."
Personification
400
"I'd rather be shiny, like a treasure from a sunken pirate wreck."
"...shiny, like a treasure from a sunken pirate wreck."
400
"Life is a highway, and I wanna ride it all night long"
"Life is a highway..."
400
"Why, we only live to serve. Try the grey stuff—it's delicious! Don't believe me? Ask the dishes. They can sing, they can dance. After all, this is France."
"Ask the dishes. They can sing, they can dance."
400
"You want a chocolate? I could eat about a million and a half of these."
"I could eat about a million and a half of these."
400
"I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space."
Metaphor
600
"Be a man, with all the strength of a raging fire—mysterious as the dark side of the moon."
"...mysterious as the dark side of the moon."
600
"A dream is a wish your heart makes when you're fast asleep."
"A dream is a wish your heart makes..."
600
Sunshine, she's here; you can take a break."
"Sunshine, she's here..."
600
"I'm hungry mother...I'm so hungry, I could eat a whole elephant."
"I could eat a whole elephant."
600
"But I would walk five hundred miles, and I would walk five hundred more, just to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door."
Hyperbole
800
"Think of Christmas, think of snow. Think of sleigh bells—off you go! Like reindeer in the sky, you can fly, you can fly, you can fly."
"Like reindeer in the sky, you can fly..."
800
"You're my kryptonite. You keep makin' me weak, yeah—frozen and can't breathe."
"You're my kryptonite."
800
"I've got hands like an ocean—push you out, pull you back in."
"i've got hands like an ocean..."
800
"If I could fall into the sky, do you think time would pass me by? 'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you tonight."
"I would walk a thousand miles..."
800
"Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there."
Simile
1000
"My mama always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates—you never know what you're gonna get.'"
"Life was like a box of chocolates."
1000
"All my life has been a series of doors in my face, but then, suddenly, I bumped into you."
"...my life has been a series of doors in my face..."
1000
"I like to dance with the water—the undertow and the waves. The water is mischievous! Ha! I like how it misbehaves."
"The water is mischievous! Ha! I like how it misbehaves."
1000
"And I know it is totally crazy to dream I'd find romance, but for the first time in forever, at least I've got a chance."
"...for the first time in forever..."
1000
"I don't talk about feelings, Alfred. I don't have any. I've never seen one. I'm a night-stalking, crime-fighting vigilante and a heavy-metal rapping machine. I don't feel anything emotionally except for rage—24/7, 365, at a million percent."
Hyperbole