Understanding Figurative Language

hyperbole

EXAMPLES OF hYPERBOLE

• "I've told you a million times"
• "He is as skinny as a tooth pick"
• "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"
• "He's older than the hills"
• "She has a ton of money"

euphemism

Examples of Euphemisms

• "passed away" instead of died
• "let go" instead of fired 

Personification

Examples of Personification

• "the sky weeps"
• "The trees whispered in the wind"
• "Lightening danced across the sky"
• "The moon played hide and seek with the clouds"

onomatopoeia

examples of onomatopoeia

• Crack! Pow! Boom!
• Splat! Drip! Tick!
• Crash! Clunk! Kaboom! 
• Zap! Crackle! Bam!
• Wham! Fizz! Cha-Ching!  

OXYMORON

Examples of oxymoron

• Great Depression
• jumbo shrimp
• bitter sweet
• Civil War
• crash landing