English Language Features

The neglected toys stared sadly at the child as he played with his new PS4.

• metaphor
• personification
• simile
• hyperbole

His eyes were as dark as the night.

• simile
• personification
• metaphor
• exaggeration

He felt his heart break in two as she walked out of the door.

• metaphor
• personification
• pun
• euphemism

It was, quite literally, the worst day of my life!

• Cliche
• Satire
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole/exaggeration

The bike tire let out a deafening hiss as the air escaped.

• colloquialism
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• metaphor

The classroom was filled with a deafening silence.

• oxymoron
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• assonance

The clouds turned darker and darker, threatening to burst at any moment.

• alliteration
• Pathetic fallacy
• hyperbole
• personification

The look on his brother's face was an insult. The look on his mum's face was an insult. Everything was an insult.

• Repetition
• paradox
• metaphor
• imperative

The poor, innocent child sobbed loudly in the corner.

• verb
• adverb
• noun
• adjective

The poor, innocent child sobbed loudly in the corner.

• noun
• adjective
• adverb
• verb