Figurative language

Front

Time flies by!

Back

idiom

Front

As hungry as a bear!

Back

simile

Front

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands.

Back

personification

Front

Wind whistled through trees during the storm.

Back

personification

Front

Sad student sat silently in the room.

Back

alliteration

Front

"The city was a jungle" is an example of:

Back

metaphor

Front

Comparison in the simile: dropped package skidded like a bobsled.

Back

movement of the dropped package and a bobsled

Front

Comparison of 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

Back

simile

Front

Extreme exaggeration for effect

Back

hyperbole

Front

Sally is the sun in my life

Back

Sally is important to me.