Fig Lang Definitions

It was an open secret.

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

• oxymoron

The plate danced happily across the table.

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

• oxymoron

It was as hard as a rock.

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

The dishes clanged and clattered in the dishwasher.

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Nobody understands how I feel!

• hyperbole

• allusion

• oxymoron

• metaphor

The tree groaned in the wind.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

Get off my back!

• simile

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• idiom

Hagrid's steps were like thunder as he ran through the forest.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

My stomach growled loudly and told me it was time to eat.

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• personification

• allusion

He is a beast on the soccer field.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom