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Types of Figurative Lang 2

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  • Water plops into pond
    Onomatopoeia
  • This is another fine mess you have got us into.
    Oxymoron
  • When my cousin graduated, my mom told her that her world was her oyster.
    Idiom
  • It's time to stop running away and face the music.
    Idiom
  • Garry grumpily gathered the garbage
    Alliteration
  • My dad told me "time is money."
    Metaphor
  • Our stack of building blocks start to all like the Learning Tower of Pisa until they hit the floor.
    Allusion
  • The paintbrush danced on the artist's canvas.
    Personification
  • The exam was challenging for some, but for others, it was a piece of cake.
    Idiom
  • The vines wove their delicate fingers together.
    Personification
  • He has a heart of stone.
    Metaphor
  • My baby brother is as sweet as honey.
    Simile
  • You are clearly confused by the situation you have found yourself in.
    Oxymoron
  • The lion's roar.
    Onomatopoeia
  • Claire, close your cluttered closet
    Alliteration
  • Penny practiced the piano
    Alliteration
  • My hands are as cold as ice.
    Simile
  • That joke is so old; the last time I heard it, I was riding a dinosaur.
    Hyperbole
  • It was so cold; I saw polar bears wearing hats and jackets.
    Hyperbole
  • His story was so absurd that I was sure he was pulling my leg.
    Idiom
  • I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!
    Hyperbole
  • Ticktock, ticktock… the sound of the clock was all that could be heard in the hospital waiting room.
    Onomatopoeia
  • The teacher explained the lesson as clear as crystal.
    Simile
  • You are such an angel for helping me out.
    Metaphor
  • Your apple pie is awfully good.
    Oxymoron
  • Please do not beep your horn after dark.
    Onomatopoeia
  • The night sky was a blanket of stars.
    Metaphor
  • Lazy lizards are lying like lumps in the leaves
    Alliteration
  • She acts like Scrooge with her money and will not buy anything if she does not need it.
    Allusion
  • The stars winked at each other in the dark.
    Personification
  • I had a ton of homework.
    Hyperbole
  • The books fell on the table with a loud thump.
    Onomatopoeia
  • Quack, quack went the ducks as we threw them our stale bread.
    Onomatopoeia
  • The angry clouds marched across the sky.
    Personification
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