Which type of figurative language is it?
"The wind’s cold hand gripped the lonely traveler."
- The Fear by Robert Frost
personification
metaphor
direct comparison
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..."
-A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
parallel structure or parallelism
"The city was mostly burned. No sign of life. Cars in the street caked with ash, everything covered with a fine gray powder."
-The Road by Cormac McCarthy
sight
"Katniss darted through the trees, dodging branches and leaping over roots."
-The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
action verbs and alliteration
"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."
-Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
metaphor
personification
giving an object human qualities
"He was a smallish, frail-looking man."
-1984 by George Orwell
hyphenated modifier
"The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun, and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music, and the opera of voices pitches a key higher."
-The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
sight and sound
"In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars."
-The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
simile and imagery
She felt like she had a golden ticket.
allusion (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
allusion
reference to a book, TV show, movie, Bible, Greek mythology, etc.
"My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?"
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
"But it is," returned she; "for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it."
dialogue
"The scent of the flowers was overpowering, mingling with the hum of bees and the distant murmur of the river."
-Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
sound and smell
"These violent delights have violent ends."
-Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
repetition and parallelism
"She tried to get rid of the kitten which had scrambled up her back and stuck like a burr just out of reach."
-Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
simile
alliteration
repetition of the same consonant sound in a sentence
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears."
-Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
parallel structure or parallelism
"The bread was dense and slightly sweet, the taste of honey lingering on her tongue. The rough crust scratched the roof of her mouth, but she didn't mind."
-The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
taste and touch
"The books leapt and danced like roasted birds, their wings ablaze with red and yellow feathers."
-Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
personification and simile
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
alliteration
onomatopoeia
sound word (boom, pow, etc.)
"Atticus pushed his glasses to his forehead and wiped his face."
-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
action verbs
"The rich, spicy aroma of the mole filled the kitchen, and the taste of the chocolate and chiles danced on her tongue. The warmth of the stove and the feel of the wooden spoon in her hand made her feel at home."
-Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
smell, taste, touch
"People always clap for the wrong things."
-The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
irony (humor) and onomatopoeia