Home of The Brave Figurative language By Lucas B
Simile
Personification
Metaphors
Idioms
Imagery
"And the stars watched us sleep."
"Cold box humming."
"He pushes a tiny stick on the wall and the room turns to night, then blinks awake."
"Plops onto the sofa like a sack of grains."
"Like huge rocks."
"Strong cattle gently complain like tired children."
"Words lie in my lap"
"Heat of his words."
"I put my coins in the hungry metal mouth beside the driver.'
"And just as Dave promised, the not dead trees had been teasing me .
"The words steal her smile away.'
"Those are the stars that will guide my path home."
"Sea of cars"
"The sun is a steady hand on our shoulders."
"America is heaven on earth."
"You have a kingdom here"
"For a while you are a fish in a warm, pretending lake."
"She trudges over ,slow but determined , like an old women longing for her grandchild's embrace."
"I watch the cars charge by like a pack of hungry animals."
"She settles in under the tree and stares at me like a motherless puppy"
"True, I learned to make snow balls like perfect moons,"
"Hannah says I am cutting off my nose to spite my face."
"In the middle of the cake is a green lady with her arm in the air. She's holding a green candle."
"I think of Gol nosing the ground, grateful to find tender grass appearing at her feet."
"There are words all over the cake in green letters. Many words in squiggles."
"Come, my child, she says, as if we are going for a walk to look at the moon."
"And then I'll whip your butt at basketball.'
After such a winter, summer comes like a present with a bow."
"I put my coins in the hungry metal mouth beside the driver"