Figurative Language

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

• Hyperbole

• Antithesis

• Pun

• Alliteration

Let me give you a hand.

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

• Metaphor

• Litotes

Tom's eyes were ice as he stared at her.

• Simile

• Colloquialism

• Irony

• Metaphor

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Paradox

You're nuts.

• Colloquialism

• Euphemism

• Idiom

• Oxymoron

Your enemy's friend is your enemy.

• Metaphor

• Paradox

• Idiom

• Understatement

Check out my new wheels.

• Metonymy

• Alliteration

• Antithesis

• Synecdoche

I have a million things to do today.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Metonymy

• Idiom

His grandmother passed away.

• Euphemism

• Irony

• Metonymy

• Onomatopoeia

Suddenly the room filled with a deafening silence.

• Paradox

• Litotes

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor