T11 Figurative Language

The old car woke reluctantly from its overnight sleep. Coughing and sputtering, it finally broke into a loud roar.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Irony

After Marshall climbed three flights of stairs, he had to sit down. He was a puffing steam engine.

• Understatement

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Metonymy

Shay ran in a relay race on Saturday. When it was over, her legs felt like lead.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Hyperbole

The Yankees have been throwing the ball really well, and they have been hitting better than they have been in the past few seasons.

• Personification

• Synecdoche

• Metonymy

• Hyperbole

"The brains helped me with my homework." Mike blurted out in a such matter-of-fact tone.

• Metaphor

• Understatement

• Irony

• Synecdoche

In the episode of Friends where the friends go to London for Ross and Emily’s wedding, Chandler says, "I'm so glad we're having this rehearsal dinner. You know, I so rarely get to practice my meals before I eat them."

• irony

• simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

Your friend invites you over to see their new fixer-upper. You are shocked at the poor condition of the house. An understatement would be: “Oh, it will need some fresh paint”

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

• Metaphor

• Irony

"More delays? No way!" she grunted. "We waited for centuries for the latest game to be released!"

• simile

• personification

• irony

• hyperbole

If we do not fill out the forms properly, the suits will be after us shortly.

• .Synecdoche

• Metaphor

• Metonymy

• Understatement

He did not realize that his last chance was walking out the door.

• Irony

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor