Figurative Language

I was so hungry that I even ate the plate.

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

My father was the sun and the moon to me.

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

The rain seemed like an old friend who had finally found us.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

"Smash", when the cup fell off the table.

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

He was a library of information about baseball.

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

The curtain was waving to everyone every time the wind blew through the open window.

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

The tree shook its branches angrily.

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Drip, Drop, went the rain drops falling on the roof of the house.

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Her head was so full of ideas that it was ready to burst wide open.

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

The baby was like an octopus grabbing for everything in sight.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification