Figurative Language English 1

The sky was angry with dark storm clouds in the distance.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Running a marathon was her Mt. Everest.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Clang! Clang! came from the old washing machine.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

I waited in line at the ticket counter for a million years.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Coffee shops in Seattle are a dime a dozen.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• symbolism

He attracted girls like honey attracted flies.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• symbolism

If you want me to lie for you, you are barking up the wrong tree.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• symbolism

The meat sizzled and crackled as I laid it into the hot pan.

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• symbolism

The chocolate cake practically begged me to eat it.

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• symbolism

Their argument was a tough stain on their relationship.

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• symbolism