Figures of Speech

There's a faucet in the basement
that dripped one drop all year
since he fixed it, we can't find it
without wearing scuba gear.

• hyperbole
• simile
• personification
• metaphor

When the stars threw down their spears
And water'd heaven with their tears

• metaphor
• simle
• hyperbole
• personification

The road was a ribbon of moonlight in the night

• personification
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile

I told the actors, "Go break a leg" before they went onstage.

• metaphor
• personification
• idiom
• allusion

His sense of hearing was sharp. He heard all things in heaven and in the earth.

• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• simile

We need to weed the leafy garden.

• simile
• onomatopoeia
• assonance
• personification

Bumbling Bob blew a chance at battling baseballs with Braves' players.

• assonance
• imagery
• hyperbole
• alliteration

The baby's skin is as smooth as silk.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

The wilted flowers begged for water.

• simile
• personification
• metaphor
• imagery

I listened as my sister threw a huge rock into the water, and it went kerplunk!

• simile
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• assonance