Figurative language

Front

My mother’s kitchen was like a holy place: no shoes, specific times, and occasional prayers.

Back

Simile

Front

Charlie gazed at the endless pile of bills on the counter.

Back

Hyperbole

Front

Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.

Back

Personification

Front

Typical teenage boy’s room = disaster area.

Back

Metaphor

Front

The acorn plopped into the puddle.

Back

Onomatopoeia

Front

Buzzing bee flew over my head.

Back

Onomatopoeia

Front

Smelling pizza from a mile away.

Back

Hyperbole

Front

Plants in her house begged to be watered.

Back

Personification

Front

I don’t trust stairs because they’re always up to something.

Back

Pun

Front

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Back

Antithesis