Figurative Language 09/22/16

Time flies by! 

• idiom
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

I am as hungry as a bear! 

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

The sad student sat silently in the room. 

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• personification

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• idiom

A comparison between 2 unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

Giving human characteristics to things that aren't human

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• simile
• personification

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• simile

A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds.

• personification
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• alliteration