The smoke alarm went wee, wee, wee, my dad was jumping around and letting loose a string of curses that I won't repeat until I'm forty. Find 2 types of figurative language. (alliteration, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, simile)
onomatopoeia - wee, wee, wee & hyperbole - exaggerating no cursing until he's 40 yrs old
I don't know what Mr. Babbage has up his sleeve this year, but I'm nervous. (onomatopoeia, alliteration, metaphor, idiom, simile)
idiom - up his sleeve
Bellwood's Bratwurst Bonanza was the most exciting thing that happened in the town of Bellwood. (onomatopoeia, simile, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor)
alliteration - letter B
She carried an enormous black bag on her back. It sort of made her look like a human-sized snail with a huge shell. (metaphor, hyperbole, simile, alliteration, personification)
simile - like
The old lady's face was so wrinkly it almost looked like a mask. (metaphor, alliteration, simile, personification, idiom)
simile - like
Peephole was less interested in the mystery and more interested in the fact that the stench of lunch might make him sick. That's Peephole in a nutshell. (simile, metaphor, idiom, hyperbole)
idom - in a nutshell
The Bell Woods lay on top of our town like a blanket. (simile, metaphor, idiom, alliteration, hyperbole)
simile - like
She turned back around and leaned toward her computer screen commencing the click-click-pop of the keyboard. (simile, idiom, alliteration, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia))
onomatopoeia
The wind howled as the shadow of a person hopped on a scooter and took off down the road. (alliteration, personification, hyperbole, metaphor)
personification - wind howled
She insisited on investigating every inch of the swamp. (alliteration, personification, hyperbole, metaphor)
alliteration - short /i/ sound
Seeing this sent a chill down my spine. (alliteration, idiom, personification, hypberbole)
idiom - chill down my spine
His eyebrows arched upward, little camel humps above his big brown eyes. (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, idiom)
metaphor - comparing eyebrows to came humps (not using "like" or "as")
She shrugged her shoulders. (metaphor, alliteration, personification, hypberbole)
alliteration - /sh/ sound
Even though we were on the case, her growling stomach told us it was time for lunch. (alliteration, hyperbole, personification, idiom)
personification - stomach growled
Hunger crept up. Paul felt like he could eat 100 burgers and he'd still be hungry. Choose 2 types - (idiom, simile, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, metaphor)
personification - hunger crept up & hyperbole - 100 burgers
