Figuretive Language

by skrishnan

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You are as slow as a snail.
He is using a simile. It compares two things using the words "like" or "as"
What is that supposed to mean?
Stop making stuff up.
The stairs are groaning as I walk up them.
He is using personification which gives human like qualities to objects.
Bam! I have put under a spell
It's called an onomatopoeia, a word that imitates the sound it represents.
What does the word "bam" mean?
I'm so hungry that I could eat a whole elephant!
I am using a hyperbole which is an exaggerated statement.
There is no way you could eat a whole elephant.
I don't see any cats or dogs anywhere.
I am using an idiom. An idiom is an expression that doesn't mean exactly what the words say.
It's raining cats and dogs!
That tree is a five story building compared to me.
What does that mean?
I am using a metaphor which compares two things in which one thing is said to be another.