Figurative language Terms

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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


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