Figurative Language

"Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears."

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Synecdoche

The suits on Wall Street walked off with most of our savings.

• Metonymy

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Litotes

"The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night."

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Allusion

Here are the rules: Ignore all rules.

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Synecdoche

• Metonymy

Though they knew it not, their baby’s cries were lovely as jeweled butterflies.

• Personification

• Apostrophe

• Oxymoron

• Simile

Blood seeped out of the wound like red teardrops.

• Simile

• Paradox

• Litotes

• Metaphor

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room."

• Apostrophe

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Oxymoron

Running a marathon in under two hours is no small accomplishment.

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Litotes

The lake was so still and clear that you could see through it down to the center of the Earth.

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Personification

• Paradox

Oh, Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree, how lovely are your branches.

• Allusion

• Apostrophe

• Personification

• Irony