Figurative Language in Tone and Mood

Her smile was sunshine.

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• connotation

But I feel peaceful. Your success in the ring this morning was, to a small degree, my success. Your future is assured. You will live, secure and safe, Wilbur. Nothing can harm you now.

• simile

• metaphor

• tone

• connotation

It was a dark and stormy night, the wind howled, and the branches scratched the windows.

• hyperbole

• mood

• literal meaning

• denotation

The flower danced in the wind.

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Her eyes were like diamonds.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

That was so expensive, it cost me an arm and a leg!

• pesonification

• mood

• figurative language

• tone

An implied comparison between two unlike things that have something important in common

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

The author’s attitude toward his or her subject.

• theme

• tone

• mood

• allusion

An exaggeration for dramatic effect.

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

• hyperbole

The atmosphere created in a work of literature by word choice.

• mood

• tone

• theme

• symbol