Figurative Language

A figure of speech in which things or abstract ideas are given human qualities.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

Stacey stood swaying on the Strawberry road.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Mom had had Via four years before, and that had been such a walk in the park that there was no reason to run any tests.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

If you could picture a little dark puppy that's been kicked...that would be Johnny.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

All of a sudden Will felt like crying, the way that kind of sorrow would swoop in and punch him in the gut.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

I tugged again at my collar and dragged my feet in the dust, allowing it to sift back onto my socks and shoes like gritty red snow.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

In this game of life, your family is the court and the ball is your heart.

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

Animals awake beneath blue blankets.

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Personification

• Simile

Dallas had a record with the fuzz a mile long.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Soda attracted girls like honey attracted flies.

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile