Figurative Language Examples

My dog was very old and suffering, so we had her put to sleep.

• irony

• imagery

• euphemism

• hyperbole

When your employer tells you they are "letting you go" instead of saying, "You're fired."

• euphemism

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

I'm just pulling your leg.

• idiom

• irony

• onomatopoeia

• pun

Our students have really been on the ball at school lately getting all of their work done.

• oxymoron

• euphemism

• paradox

• idiom

I'm starving; I haven't eaten since breakfast!

• hyperbole

• imagery

• irony

• metaphor