What are some examples of figurative language?

Answer 1

Metaphor:

• The Wren fright song was music to the cheering fans.
• The fluorescent light was the sun during our test.
• The giants stomps were thunder while he walked to Jack.

Simile:

• The Hurricanes ran down the field like a freight train.
• The team jumped up an down like jumping beans after they won and got a scholarship.

Hyperbole

• I felt as fat as a house after I ate all those cheese sticks.
• I got a million gifts for my birthday.
• I was dead by the time I came back from work.

Alliteration:

• Careless cars cutting corners cause confusion.
• Through three cheese tress three fleas flew.

Onomatopoeia:

• The race car whizzed around the track at an ineradicable speed.

Personification:

• Snow had wrapped a large white blanket around the city.
• The winter trees were robed in white.
• The flowers were crying for attention.

Metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole and onomatopoeias are just a few.

Answer 2

Figurative language consists of words or phrases that are not literally true but nonetheless have understandable meaning. 'They're going to hang out' is one common example: the phrase literally means, 'They will enjoy being together.'