Owl Moon Figurative Language

…quiet as a dream.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

•I could feel the cold as if someone’s icy hand was palm down on my back

• simile

• metaphor

•I could feel the cold as if someone’s icy hand was palm down on my back

• hyperbole

• personification

•A far dog answered the train. The dog sang and another dog joined.

• hyperbole

• personification

who---who---whoooooo

• onomatopoeia

• personification

•The moon made his face into a silver mask.

• simile

• personification

•Then the owl pumped its great wings and lifted off the branch like a shadow without a sound.

• simile

• metaphor

•…but I was a shadow.

• simile

• metaphor

•Our feet crunched over the crisp snow and little grey footprints followed us.

• hyperbole

• personification

•It was for one minute, three minute, 100 minutes we waited.

• personification

• hyperbole