Figurative Language in Movies

"You sit on a throne of lies."

--Elf

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• oxymoron

"This fog's as thick as peanut butter!"

--Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• pun

"How can you say someone is great who's never had his picture on bubblegum cards?"

-A Charlie Brown Christmas

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• rhetorical question

"Now you go home and write 'I am very sorry for what I did to Frosty' a hundred zillion times."

-Frosty the Snowman

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• imagery

"Their mouths will hang open a minute or two, then the Whos down in Whoville will all cry, 'Boo Hoo.'"

-How the Grinch Stole Christmas

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• metaphor

"This house is so full of people it makes me sick. When I grow up and get married, I'm living alone."

-Home Alone

• personification

• oxymoron

• simile

• rhetorical question

"Oh, Phil, when are you gonna learn that girls like that are a dime a dozen?"

- White Christmas

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

Snow Miser: "So, Mrs. C., how’s your hubby?"

Mrs. Santa: "Not too good, Snowy, he’s got a bad cold."

Snow Miser: "Aw, that’s a shame. He should’ve come to see me, I’d have given him a good one.

• idiom

• simile

• imagery

• pun

"Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?"

-It's A Wonderful Life

• simile

• personification

• pun

• metaphor

"You're skipping Christmas! Isn't that against the law?"

-Christmas with the Kranks

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• irony

• metaphor