Figurative Language

"Soaring through the air -- his long twisted hair like wings carrying him above the rim."

-Crossover

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

"While Dad is telling us another story for the hundredth time, Mom removes the salt from the table."

-Crossover

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

"I see the scissors from Coach's desk smiling at me, their steel blades sharp and ready."

-Crossover

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

"The gym is a loud, crowded circus.

My stomach is a roller coaster.

My head, a carousel."

-Crossover

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

"And as soon as that year is up

BLAMMO"

--House Arrest

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

"My face is suddenly five hundred

degrees."

--House Arrest pg. 82

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

"It’s a car he says used to be cool.

Now it looks like a giant rusted

turtle with no guts inside."

--House Arrest

Pg. 44

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

" ...you soft-punch his tiny baby shoulder…"

--House Arrest

Pg. 57

• idiom

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• idiom

"We clap and clap as the ships draw together and kiss."

--Inside Out and Back Again

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

"A seed like a fish eye, slippery shiny black."

--Inside Out and Back Again

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron