Figurative Language Examples 2

The child is a bear when he is sleepy.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Irony

My love is like a red rose.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Irony

It's raining cats and dogs outside.

• Pun

• Irony

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

The student is clearly confused about the directions on the test.

• Oxymoron

• Irony

• Idiom

• Pun

The fire swallowed the entire forest.

• Oxymoron

• Irony

• Idiom

• Personification

The police station was robbed at midnight.

• Irony

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

When I head a crunching, I knew I must have stepped on something I shouldn't.

• Irony

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

I wanted to wakeup Wilma because Grandpa had the hiccups.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

My dad's going to explode when he sees my grades.

• Hyperbole

• Pun

• Simile

• Metaphor

Have a nice trip? See you next fall.

• Pun

• Idiom

• Oxymoron

• Personification