Effect of Figurative Language

I am as hungry as a bear! 

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

The wind whistled through the trees during the storm. 

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

The sad student sat silently in the room. 

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• personification

Love gives me wings! 

• metaphor
• personification
• simile
• alliteration

The rain ran down the road. 

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• repetition

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• idiom

The raindrops danced on the tabletop. 

• alliteration
• simile
• personification
• idiom

That fat cat weighs a thousand pounds! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor
• simile

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor