English - hyperbole, personification, simile, metaphor
simile
A comparison using "like" or "as".
metaphor
A comparison without using like or as.
hyperbole
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.
personification
A kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics
simile: example
Alan's jokes were like flat soda to the children, surprisingly unpleasant.
simile: example
Allie's cell phone dropped into the toilet like a falling star.
personification: example
Flowers danced about the lawn.
simile: example
Grandpa lounged on the raft in the middle of the pool like an old battleship
hyperbole: example
I can smell pizza from a mile a way.
hyperbole: example
I want to be here 'til they rip this jersey off my back'.
simile: example
If seen from above the factory, the workers would have looked like clock parts.
personification: example
Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.
metaphor example:
Kathy arrived at the grocery store with an army of children.
personification: example
Money is the only friend that I can count on.
hyperbole: example
Mr. Inman has been teaching here since the Stone Age.
hyperbole: example
Patty drank from a bottomless glass of Kool-Aid.
simile: example
She eats like a bird.
metaphor example:
She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show.
hyperbole: example
That was the easiest question in the world.
hyperbole: example
That woman has no self-control.
personification: example
The buses can be impatient around here.
personification: example
The cactus saluted any visitor brave enough to travel the scorched lan
metaphor example:
The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face.
simile: example
The people who still lived in the town were stuck in place like wax statues.
metaphor example:
The promise between us was a delicate flower.
personification: example
The sorry engine wheezed its death cough.
metaphor example:
The typical teenage boy's room is a disaster area.
metaphor example:
The wheels of justice turn slowly.
personification: example
The world does not care to hear your sad stories.
simile: example
Toby manipulated the people in his life as though they were chess pieces.
