FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE REVIEW

I walked down the trail and had a feeling that the trees were watching me.

personification

I have told you a thousand times not to play with matches.

hyperbole

He is an abrasive stone on which I can sharpen my own ideas.

metaphor

Truth is an anvil that wears out countless hammers.

metaphor

Her body jammed excruciatingly into her prison of a dress.

metaphor

Your arms, a garland around my neck entwined…

metaphor

The City of Lake Forest approved a measure to ban leaf blowers.

metonymy

The wind laughed at their attempts to catch the flying papers.

personification

Grass is nature’s blanket.

metaphor

Sail on, O ship, to bring me to England’s shore.

apostrophe

Look at the beautiful weed in my garden of daisies.

antithesis

Pink and purple posies lined the path.

alliteration

The cave resembled a large, open mouth.

simile

I would like fries with my pie.

assonance

Nature, be gentle on the lambs and beasts.

apostrophe, personification,

antithesis

The pot is boiling on the stove.

metonymy

The court ruled that the defendant was guilty.

metonymy

The blanket is as warm as a sheep’s fleece.

simile

I feel so alone, even when on a crowded elevator.

antithesis

The tennis ball whistled past my ear.

onomatopoeia

Celebration is central to Simon’s life.

alliteration

My uncle, the Grinch, ruins Christmas every year!

allusion

The red fire monster burned out of control.

metaphor

“The big kids call me Mercury cause I’m the swiftest thing in the neighborhood.”

allusion

The full moon is obscured by dusty rags of clouds.

metaphor

O Spirit, carry me away to the azure skies.

apostrophe

She was embarrassed by the rough calluses on her velvety-soft hands.

antithesis

Sacramento passed a new law that triples the car tax.

metonymy

Parliament feels like it can raise taxes on us colonists!

metonymy

“Click-clack, click-clack,” the train comes down the track.

onomatopoeia, alliteration

Ralph heated the turkey.

metonymy

The twisting road clung for dear life to the side of the mountain.

personification

The road twists like a snake.

simile

The road snakes around the mountain.

metaphor

The car screeched around the mountain curve.

onomatopoeia

The mountain road was so long, it was summer before we reached the end!

hyperbole

The tree was so big, a whole herd of cattle wandered in and became lost.

hyperbole

As the sky darkens, bolts from an angered Zeus flash through the clouds.

allusion