Figurative Language

He drew a line as straight as an arrow.

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Knowledge is a kingdom, and all who

learn are kings and queens.

• Simile

• Personification/Proverb

• Oxymoron

Can I see you for a second?

• puns

• understatement

• hyperbole

The sun was beating down on me.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• simile

• idiom

He jumped into the water and began to

swim like a fish.

• understatement

• simile

• metaphor

I'd rather take baths

with a man-eating shark,

or wrestle a lion

alone in the dark,

eat spinach and liver,

pet ten porcupines,

than tackle the homework,

my teacher assigns.

• alliteration

• idioms

• hyperbole

Ravenous and savage

from its long

polar journey,

the North Wind

is searching

for food—

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

Dinner is on the house.

• simile

• idiom

• oxymoron

They heard the snap, crackle, and pop of

the fire.

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• puns

He is a bear when he doesn’t get enough

sleep.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile