Explaining Figurative Language

What type of figurative language is this: "Depth, he decided; as if one were looking into the clear water of the river."

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

What type of figurative language is this: "Finally, at the end of the second day, which seemed to go on forever, it was my turn."

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

What type of figurative language is this: "The man was wrinkled, and his eyes, though piercing in their unusual lightness, seemed tired. The flesh around them, was darkened into shadowed circles."

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

What type of figurative language is this: "Within minutes the speakers had crackled again."

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Figurative language (4)

What type of figurative language is this: "They acted like animals."

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

What type of figurative language is this: "The apple jumps out of my hand onto the ground."

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Imagery

What type of figurative language is this: "She shuffled slowly in her soft slippers."

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Metaphor

What type of figurative language is this: "Then he heard the gasp."

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Idiom

What type of figurative language is this: "He felt fear flutter within him."

• Alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom