Which type of figurative language is this?
She sells seashells by the seashore.
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
What is Alliteration?
Those toys sold like hot cakes.
What does this mean?
What is-
The toys sold really fast
His heart is a stone.
What does this mean?
He is cruel, mean, or without compassion.
The daffodils nodded their yellow heads at the walkers.
What does this mean?
What is
The daffodils moved continuously in a circular motion or bounced as walkers went by them.
Don't cry over spilled milk.
What does this mean?
Don't complain when something can't be fixed.
Her glasses look like small bottle caps.
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
What is Simile?
Paying bills is like having your teeth pulled.
What does this simile mean?
Paying bills is annoying/painful/something you hate to do.
You are my sun.
What does this mean?
You are everything to me (without the sun, life would end).
The snow whispered as it fell to the ground.
What does this mean?
The snow made a soft, quiet noise as it fell.
You are on thin ice.
What does this mean?
If you make one more mistake you'll be in serious trouble.
The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
What is Metaphor?
"She sings like an angel."
What does this mean?
What is
She has a beautiful singing voice./She sings very well.
A true friend is a treasure.
What does this mean?
Such a friend is precious and hard to find- such as a treasure is.
Lightning danced across the sky.
What does this mean?
Lightning was all over the place.
Birds of a feather flock together.
People that are alike are often friends.
The snow whispered as it fell to the ground during the early morning hours
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
What is Personification?
The giant’s steps were like thunder as he ran toward Jack.
What does this mean?
The steps he was taking were really very loud.
Trust is a fragile glass.
What does this mean?
Trust, once broken, is hard to repair.
It is hard to trust someone that betrayed you.
The bright stars in the sky winked at me.
What does this mean?
The star's brightness flickered on and off.
Don't give up your day job.
What does this mean?
That you're not very good at what you're doing or what you are thinking of doing.
I'm so tired; I could sleep a million years.
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
What is hyperbole?
Watching that movie was like watching grass grow.
What does this mean?
That show was very boring and slow.
She is a barrel full of monkeys.
What does this mean?
She is hilarious; so very funny - like lots of monkeys are funny.
The flowers were begging for water.
What does this mean?
The flowers were very dry and drooping and really needed to be watered.
Your solution is just a band-aid for the problem.
What does this mean?
You solution will only fix the problem for a short period of time.