Figurative language Terms
How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?
Alliteration
Jack and Jill went up the hill.
Alliteration
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
Sally sells seas shells by the sea shore
Alliteration
The big barn was brown
Alliteration
His brain is the size of a pea
Hyperbole
I have a million thing to do today
Hyperbole
I have told you this a million times
Hyperbole
I'm so hungry I could eat a whole cow
Hyperbole
My teacher is older then He'll itself
Hyperbole
She has a ton of homework
Hyperbole
She is as skinny as a toothpick
Hyperbole
Driving home is a piece of cake
Idiom
I can't do (x) to save my life
Idiom
I wear my heart upon my sleeve
Idiom
It's raining cats and dogs
Idiom
Let's break the ice here, shall we?
Idiom
The world is my oyster
Idiom
There's a method in my madness
Idiom
When it rains, it pours.
Juxtapositin
"Grave men, near death who see with blinding sight blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, rage, rage against the dying of light.
Juxtaposition
It was the age of wisdom it was the age of foolishness
Juxtaposition
It was the season of darkness and the season of light
Juxtaposition
It was the spring of hope and the winter of despair
Juxtaposition
O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seams she hangs upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in Ethiopia's war
Juxtaposition
What's good for the goose is good for the Gander
Juxtaposition
He's hardly a Jimmy Hendrix
Litotes
How's your food? It could be worse
Litotes
I will make them honored and they will not be small
Litotes
Not bad, not bad at all
Litotes
Thanh you! You won't regret this
Litotes
The sword wasn't less to the warrior
Litotes
Today has been less than good
Litotes
Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.
Metaphor
Her teeth were pearls, and her eyes glowing emeralds
Metaphor
Oh my word Hannah is such a chicken
Metaphor
She is such a snake
Metaphor
The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage
Metaphor
The storm was a raging bull
Metaphor
The thunder was a might lion
Metaphor
The Golden Arches of McDonald's
Metonomy
Friends, lend me your ears
Metonymy
Hollywood
Metonymy
I'm mighty glad Georgia waited until after Christmas before it secedes or it would have ruined Christmas
Metonymy
The Oval Office is busy with work
Metonymy
Belch
Onomatopoeia
Boom!
Onomatopoeia
Cough
Onomatopoeia
Crash
Onomatopoeia
Gurgle
Onomatopoeia
Sneeze
Onomatopoeia
Splash!
Onomatopoeia
Beautiful beast
Oxymoron
Look at this fine mess you brought upon us all
Oxymoron
She looked up to the rain and let herself cry at this wonderful funeral
Oxymoron
She turned away in disgust of his terrible charm
Oxymoron
The boy was clearly confused
Oxymoron
The comedian was seriously funny
Oxymoron
We have a love hate relationship
Oxymoron
He read so intently it was as though the book was speaking to him
Personification
The alarm yelled at me to get up
Personification
The car complained as the key turned
Personification
The curtains danced with the wind
Personification
The room was quiet, listening to the conversation
Personification
The trees waved to each other in the wind
Personification
Trinity heard the fries calling her name
Personification
A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
Pun
Always trust a glue sales man. They tend to stick to their word.
Pun
Gorilla warfare is more than just throwing a banana
Pun
I was struggling to figure out how lightning works then it struck me.
Pun
I've been to the dentist so many times that I know the drill
Pun
What do you call a person rabid with word play? Energized bunny
Pun
When a women returns clothes it's called post traumatic dress-syndrome
Pun
Are you angry with me? Nope, not at all, why in the frickin universe would you assume that!?!?
Sarcasm
Can I do anything for you? Asked the sails man No I'm perfectly fine I'm not here for medics because I'm sick or something!
Sarcasm
I didn't fart! Oh yeah sure, we all believe you harry
Sarcasm
No Jacob, water doesn't fall
Sarcasm
No Jared I don't want you to shut up, in fact I think you should yell out the window with a mega phone so that everyone can here you!!
Sarcasm
Oh well this is just perfect isn't it! It is? ...yes Matt, we are in the most percent situation in all of the universe!!
Sarcasm
Oh yeah sure, it was such a nice gesture to slap him in the face!
Sarcasm
He ran as thought he could fly
Simile
He was practically as tall as the tree next to him
Simile
Her face was as pretty as her mothers
Simile
His hair was as soft a mine
Simile
I'm as hungry as a hippo
Simile
She was like a gust of spring air
Simile
The bad was probably as heavy as himself
Simile
Can I buy you a glass?
Synecdoche
Check out my new wheels
Synecdoche
Do you like my shades?
Synecdoche
Hey you! Big brain!
Synecdoche
She ran into the woods
Synecdoche
What's the head count?
Synecdoche
Hurry up, gray beard!
Synedoche
I need a new hot water hearter
Tautology
I'm blue if I were green I would die, if I were green I would die
Tautology
Ok I wanna go out tonight! Anyone else wanna go out tonight??
Tautology
Ok that dog is either brown or not brown
Tautology
She always over exaggerates
Tautology
Well, personally I think it's terrible
Tautology
Woo that's a lot of frozen ice
Tautology
He was only struck my lightning
Understatement
I easily ate a whole pizza last night
Understatement
I simply beat my father to death
Understatement
It's alright guys it just a broken leg
Understatement
It's just a black eye
Understatement
My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars
Understatement
Oh come on let's swim it's just bull sharks in the water
Understatement
Oh no I was just a simple heart surgery
Understatement
The little buried mole continues blind, why flesh that mirror him must someday die...
metonymy
The pen is mightier than the sword
metonymy
All hands on deck
synecdoche
