FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

I distinctly remember forgetting that. It's an example of..

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

My alarm clock screams at me every morning at 4 A.M.

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

The raindrops danced on the tabletop.

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

The bee buzzed in my ear and scared me.

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• alliteration

 

Kylie is a ray of sunshine.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

“Parting is such sweet sorrow.” 

—William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

• Oxymoron

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

The steak sizzled on the grill.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

This back pack weights a TON!

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

She is as pretty as a rose.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

 

The bird hurled insults at me because I was too close to her nest.

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole