Figures of Speech

The concert of IU and BTS happens only once in a blue moon.

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

He did not realize his last chance was walking out the door.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Personification

James ran like a cheetah.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Personification

I so loved reading I was willing to walk 15 miles to the library in the snow, uphill.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

My love for you is as deep as the ocean.

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

A traffic cop gets suspended for not paying his parking tickets.

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Personification

• Simile

The audience looks very intimidating. I’m having butterflies in my stomach.

• Idiom

• Irony

• Personification

• Hyperbole

My backpack weighed a ton with all of my books in it.

• Irony

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Life is a journey; travel it well.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Dale’s smile was as bright as the sun shine.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Idiom