Scatter: Figurative Language - Examples

Analogy

Doing drugs is comparable to driving with your eyes closed.

Idiom

He was a chip off the old block.

Personification

The problem caught me off guard. (= (= :P

Hyperbole

The teacher asked the same question at least a million times.

Alliteration

Later Lily will leave for Lawrence.

Onomatopoeia

The howling of the wind made me scarrrrrred.

Metaphor

Ripe tomatoes are pieces of heaven in my garden.

Simile

He ran like a locomotive speeding down the track.

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Alliteration	Later Lily will leave for Lawrence.
Analogy	Doing drugs is comparable to driving with your eyes closed.
Hyperbole	The teacher asked the same question at least a million times.
Idiom	He was a chip off the old block.
Metaphor	Ripe tomatoes are pieces of heaven in my garden.
Onomatopoeia	The howling of the wind made me scarrrrrred.
Personification	The problem caught me off guard. (= (= :P
Simile	He ran like a locomotive speeding down the track.

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