Holes Figurative Language

The Warden owns the shade.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

Suddenly a pair of sneakers fell on top of him...like a gift from God.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

The vibrations ran up the shaft of the shovel and into Stanley's wrists, making his bones rattle.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

Myra's head is as empty as a flowerpot.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

He saw a cloud of dust.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

"That's right, my blossom," said her father.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

Stanley stood in the shower...It was four minutes of heaven.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

He felt like he was digging his own grave.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

Even the people looked broken.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

The last thing he wanted to do after killing himself all day on the lake was to get in a fight with a boy called Caveman.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification