Figurative Language

After arguing with his sister, he had a chip on his shoulder for the rest of the vacation.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

Soccer is all Leigh cares about. She is hoping her varsity team makes it to the state finals again this year.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

Maddie's cousin from Minneapolis called her out of the blue to see if she wanted to come visit this summer.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

"I have told you a million times not to bounce that ball in the house," said the tired mother to her active four year old.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances." - William Shakespeare

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

"Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary" - Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

"Streets that stole the high heels off of your feet." -Mitchell, "Roman Streets"

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

The clouds held their breath for a brief moment before letting loose upon the earth.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

"Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day," -William Shakespeare, "Sonnet18"

• idiom

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

"And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain..." -Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"

• idiom

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole