Figurative Language by Christine Hodges

Metaphors - say something IS something else

christineah88 — 2015-03-17 15:11:31 UTC

The snow is a white blanket.

The classroom was a zoo.

America is a melting pot.

Life is a roller coaster.

She is a peacock.

He is a shining star.

The sun is fire.

He was a raging storm.

She is a cheetah.

christineah88 — 2015-03-17 15:11:47 UTC

He was as tall as a giraffe.

He was as fast as a cheetah.

He was as slow as a turtle.

He was slower than an hour-hand on a clock.

She/he was as skinny as a popsicle stick.

Her brain was the size of a pea.

She's got tons of leotards.

I was colder than a polar bear in the artic winter.

christineah88 — 2015-03-17 15:12:00 UTC

POP!

SPLAT!

Whoosh!

Umph.

christineah88 — 2015-03-17 15:12:15 UTC

She was as beautiful as a flower.

He was as cold as snow.

christineah88 — 2015-03-17 15:12:29 UTC

The chair didn't like when people sat on it.

The ocean heaved a sigh.

The sun smiled on us.

Earth took care of us.

The moon likes us.

The stars danced in the sky.

My computer threw a fit and didn't cooperate.

The flowers waltzed in the gentle breeze.

christineah88 — 2015-03-17 15:25:26 UTC

Break a leg!

It's raining cats and dogs.