Figures of Speech

Suddenly, there was a loud thud at the door.

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

My grandma was as tough as nails.

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

The light danced on the surface of the water.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• personification

She is an early bird.

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

That plane ride took forever.

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

A loud crack came from the ice.

• alliteration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Harry hurried home to watch football on TV.

• alliteration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Eyes are the windows to the soul.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Rachel ran right until she realized she was running round and round.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile