Figurative Language

Front

The wind was as cold as ice.

Back

Simile

Front

Tim the terrifying tiger tiptoed through tangled trees.

Back

Alliteration

Front

Daffodils dancing in sunlight.

Back

Personification

Front

His new car was as shiny as a pin.

Back

Simile

Front

All the world’s a stage; men and women are players with exits and entrances.

Back

Metaphor

Front

North Wind, hungry after its polar journey, seeks food—

Back

Personification

Front

‘Ain’t nothing but a hound dog.’

Back

Metaphor

Front

Wide-eyed and wondering as she watched Walter wake.

Back

Alliteration

Front

I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, welling and swelling in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear, I rise.

Back

Metaphor

Front

Love is a battlefield.

Back

Metaphor