Can you give ten examples of figurative language?

Answer 1

Figurative language can take many forms including metaphor, simile, alliteration and personification.

Metaphor:

no pain no gain

I'm so hungry i could eat a horse

time flies by when your having fun

Simile:

He was as blind as a bat

He was as strong as a horse

She swam like an mermaid

Personification:

Death wandered the battlefield

the words smiled at me from the book

Alliteration:

The rifles' rapid rattle

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

Onomatopoeia:

crack

whisper

boom

You are using Figurative Language if you are describing something by comparing it with something else.