Figurative Language

The new teacher is as tall as a giraffe.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Idiom

Baby, you are my sunshine.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Synecdoche

April is the cruelest month of the year.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

It costs an arm and a leg.

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

The afternoon is so bright that the sun would have to wear sunglasses.

• Hyperbole

• Synecdoche

• Metaphor

1. New wheels—refers to a new car.

2. Ask for her hand—refers to asking a woman to marry.

• Alliteration

• Synecdoche

• Onomatopoeia

The truck engine roared as it climbed the hill.

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Idiom