Figurative Language Review 2.0

I think the whole world is scratching its head...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

At that moment, to the jingle of his silver spurs, a man with a weeping willow mustache...

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• idiom

• simile

His wife, as slim as a hummingbird, wanted to join the dancing on the quarterdeck.

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Yes, I'd keep my eyes peeled for flags.

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

I still have marks on my back and a chip on my shoulder.

• personification

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

Bodies are piling up like firewood.

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Her hair a wild collection of snakes.

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

She was breathing as fast and heavy as a runaway horse.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

He clicked his boots together and offered his arm to me.

• metaphor

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Cicadas and crickets sang farewell to the sun slipping towards the west.

• idiom

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration