Home of the Brave-Figurative language By Samvith Lanka
Similes
"a pile of papers tall as a termite mound.
"my hope flutters high like a bird I cannot catch.
"like a soft blanket on a night when the wind howled
Personification
"the stars watched us sleep"
"he pushes a tiny stick on the wall and the room turns to night,then blinks awake"
"I can hear the cold box humming"
"word lie in my lap like huge rocks"
"cattlle gently complaining like tired children"
"plops onto sofa like a sack of grain"
Metaphor
"a river of words rushing and thundering and pushing me beneath the surface"
"America,heaven on earth"
"a word I know darts up like a sparkling fish"
"her words begin to fall like raindrops on the floor"
I want to sound fierce as a great lion"
"I find a sleeping one and open the top"
"the machines hum and talk"
"its eating my dishes"
Idioms
Imagery
"tall with strong arms and sunny eyes"
"you are a fish in a warm pretending lake
"close my ears to his words"
"heat of his words"
"i put my corn in a hungry metal mouth"
"summer is ice cream and skateboards and sweet grass under your free toes"
"green lady with her arm in the air"
"words lie in my lap like huge rocks"
"I can hear the cold box humming"
Hyperbole
"its the biggest cake in the world"
"I want to sound fierce and certain as a great lion"