Figurative Language 3/16/21

Only the moon watched as the girl ran away from home in the middle of the night.

• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Before he was allowed to go to the movies, he had to wash a million dishes by hand

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Simile

The eyes are a window to the soul; when she looked at him from across the room, she knew then that she was in love.

• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Our brains are like computers: capable of massive amounts of knowledge, but too often distracted by cat videos.

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Simile

What is a comparison made between things, which are essentially not alike?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Symbolism
• Idiom