Figurative Language

Front

Identify the figure of speech: "This school is an asylum."

Back

metaphor

Front

"My stomach did a backflip." What literary device is used?

Back

personification

Front

I bolted out the door like a horse leaving the gate for a race.

Back

simile

Front

I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.

Back

hyperbole

Front

My mom said never to use the word hate unless I meant it. I HATED them!

Back

repetition

Front

Identify the literary device: "I wouldn't worry wacky worries unless it was something to really worry about."

Back

alliteration

Front

"She wasn't exactly running in the same circles as me."

Back

idiom

Front

The rope SNAPPED in half, and the panic in the child's face was evident.

Back

onomatopoeia

Front

Delaney is the sun in my life; she means everything to me.

Back

Delaney is important to me.

Front

dying (in the context: I'm dying to see that movie.)

Back

I'm excited about seeing the movie.