figurative speech

The assistant was as busy as a bee when she was preparing the podium for the presidential address.

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

• HYPERBOLE

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

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

• IRONY

You snore like a freight train.

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

• IRONY

The truck engine roared as it climbed the hill

• ONOMATOPOEIA

• IRONY

• LITOTES

“Pretty ugly”

• ONOMATOPOEIA

• LITOTES

• OXYMORON

Her cooking isn't terrible, exactly.

• IRONY

• LITOTES

• SYNECDOCHE

The car stopped with a groaning complaint.

• SIMILE

• HYPERBOLE

• PERSONIFICATION

“There’s enough food in the cupboard to feed an entire army!”

• IRONY

• PERSONIFICATION

• HYPERBOLE

Marriage counselor divorcing third wife

• IRONY

• HYPERBOLE

• METAPHOR

The warrior has a heart of stone.

• IRONY

• METAPHOR

• SIMILE