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Figurative language

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Time is money.

Metaphor

10

That woman is the cancer of my dreams and aspirations.

Metaphor

10

Waves of spam emails inundated his inbox.

Metaphor

10

His cotton candy words did not appeal to her taste.

Metaphor

10

My dad is always working.

Hyperbole

10

Patty drank from a bottomless glass of Kool-Aid.

Hyperbole

10

Allie has a million pairs of shoes in her closet.

Hyperbole

10

Charlie gazed hopelessly at the endless pile of bills stretching across the counter.

Hyperbole

10

Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.

Hyperbole

10

The buses can be impatient around here.

Personification

15

Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.

Personification

10

The buses can be impatient around here.

Personification

10

Peggy heard the last piece of cheesecake in the refrigerator calling her name.

Personification

10

Toby manipulated the people in his life as though they were chess pieces.

Simile

10

If seen from above the factory, the workers would have looked like clock parts.

Simile

10

Cassie talked to her son about girls as though she were giving him tax advice.

Simile

10