Types of Figurative Lang 2 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Claire, close your cluttered closet

Alliteration

15

Penny practiced the piano

Alliteration

15

Lazy lizards are lying like lumps in the leaves

Alliteration

15

Water plops into pond

Onomatopoeia

15

Ticktock, ticktock… the sound of the clock was all that could be heard in the hospital waiting room.

Onomatopoeia

15

Quack, quack went the ducks as we threw them our stale bread.

Onomatopoeia

15

Please do not beep your horn after dark.

Onomatopoeia

15

The books fell on the table with a loud thump.

Onomatopoeia

15

The lion's roar.

Onomatopoeia

15

I had a ton of homework.

Hyperbole

15

That joke is so old; the last time I heard it, I was riding a dinosaur.

Hyperbole

15

I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!

Hyperbole

15

It was so cold; I saw polar bears wearing hats and jackets.

Hyperbole

15

Your apple pie is awfully good.

Oxymoron

15

This is another fine mess you have got us into.

Oxymoron

15

You are clearly confused by the situation you have found yourself in.

Oxymoron

15