Figurative Language Review

Reading The Great Gatsby was like trying to run through mud.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

The moon looked down on all the peaceful, sleeping people

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Iron Man broke down the wall with a crash!

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Verbal Irony

• Personification

"Life is pain," Westley said to Buttercup.

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

The car careened over the cliff, crashing into the canyon below.

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

Everything was gray, from the water, to the clouds, to the rocks; the sound of the ocean roared in her ears, the wind whipped her hair into her face, and the salty smell of the sea filled her nose.

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Without her essay, Eve's grade was sinking faster than the Titanic.

• Allusion

• Verbal Irony

• Simile

• Personification

I can't move because I ate about a thousand tacos for lunch.

• imagery

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

The stars were high above us, glittering like ice.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Idiom

True friends will always be there for you at the drop of a hat

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Personification