LOtF Figurative Language Throw Down

“The great rock loitered,poised on one toe, decided not to return…”

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

“Small flames… crawled away… scrambled up…”

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

“One patch touched a tree trunk and scrambled up like a bright squirrel.”

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

“…little breezes crept…” /” the palm fronds would whisper…”

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

“We’ve got to make smoke up there – or die.”

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

“…the sun gazed down like an angry eye…”

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

“…that buzzed…”

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

“I told you a dozen times now”

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

“…beard of flame…” /”…river of sparks…”

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

"The pigs lay, bloated bags of fat, sensuously enjoying the shadows under the trees."

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia