What type of figurative language is this? The kitten's tummy purred like an outboard motor.
Simile
What type of figurative language is this? Josef's veins ran with ice.
hyperbole
What type of figurative language is this? Two giant smokestacks stuck up from the middle of the ship, one of them belching gray-black diesel engine smoke.
personification
What type of figurative language is this? There were no trees, no shade, no parks or football fields or rivers. Just a sea of tents and a forest of electric poles and wires.
metaphor
What type of figurative language is this? The Mediterranean Sea churned like a washing machine.
simile
What type of figurative language is this? Then suddenly they were both thrown to the bottom of the boat, and something buzzed like a mosquito underneath the bowl of the tanker.
simile
What type of figurative language is this? They were three lonely islands, separated by an ocean of misery.
metaphor
What type of figurative language is this? The Mediterranean Sea was still attacking them, wave after wave trying to drown them.
personification
What type of figurative language is this? Josef's heart was in his throat. Any second now the mob was going to attack the policemen, Josef knew it.
hyperbole
What type of figurative language is this? His arm shook, and the gun danced between the two front seats.
personification
What type of figurative language is this? Mahmoud's heart thundered in his chest.
hyperbole
What type of figurative language is this? Tears streamed down his face. They had been held back by a dam before, and now the floodgates had suddenly been opened.
metaphor
What type of figurative language is this? Miami. It was like a dream. Like a glittering vision of heaven, as if Ivan had opened the gates for them.
simile
What type of figurative language is this? The blood drained from Josef's face.
hyperbole
What type of figurative language is this? The world was a whirlwind of bricks and broken dishes and table legs and heat.
metaphor
What type of figurative language is this? Mahmoud's ears rang with a high-pitched whine, like the TV when the satellite was searching for a signal.
simile
