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Halloween Figurative Language

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  • The cat was as black as the night was.
    Simile
  • A row of flickering jack-o-lanterns grinned at us menacingly as we made our way to the front door.
    Personification
  • The children cheered and chanted when they counted their candy.
    Alliteration
  • Tattered curtains hanging in the windows waved to groups of trick-or-treaters who scurried by.
    Personification
  • The wind howled like a wolf.
    Personification
  • Jason was a hungry goblin wolfing down a handful of miniature candy bars.
    Metaphor
  • Because he handed out full sized candy bars, he was a shining star.
    Metaphor
  • I got a million pieces of candy while trick or treating.
    Hyperbole
  • She was as white as a ghost.
    Simile
  • One corner of our back yard is buried under a million leaves that have blown into a drift against the fence.
    Hyperbole