A Christmas Carol Figurative Language

"Old Marley was as dead as a doornail."

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

"Hard and sharp as flint."

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

". . . the houses opposite were mere phantoms."

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

"The ancient tower of a church, whose gruff old bell was always peeping slily down at Scrooge out of a gothic window in the wall . . ."

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

• allusion

"Piercing, searching, biting cold."

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• personification

'Upon its coming in, the dying flame leapt up, as though it cried, "I know him! Marley's ghost!" and fell again.'

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

"All these boys were in great spirits, and shouted to each other, until the broad fields were so full of merry music, that the crisp air laughed to hear it."

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

"The crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe, and ivy reflected back the light, as if so many little mirrors had been scattered there. . ."

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

". . .the French plums blushed in modest tartness. . . "

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

"But soon the steeples called good people all, to church and chapel. . ."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia