As tired as the wings of a bird. As tired as a worn-out shoe. As tired as a one-armed paper hanger. As tired as an ox [after a full day’s work in the fields] As tired as bears during hibernation.

How to create fantastic metaphors.

1. Choose a character, object, or setting. Say, for example, you’re going to write a metaphor about a soccer goalie.
2. Focus on a particular scene you’re describing.
3. Now think of some other objects that share characteristics you identified in Step 1.
4. Take your metaphor and expand on it.

A friend is a rose/flower, if you care for them and treat them with respect they will give you happiness and cheering up in return/when you need it (something like that?) A friend is a treasure, once you find it be grateful for it as if you could lose it at any moment.

brave as a lion (not comparable) (simile, colloquial) Very brave; courageous.

Metaphors are different to similes, as they do not involve using the words ‘as’ or ‘like’ to compare two things. Notice the difference in the example below: The girl is as brave as a lion (simile). The girl has the heart of a lion (metaphor).

The honey badger has been called the world’s most fearless animal because it doesn’t hesitate to attack animals much larger than itself- even lions and crocodiles! Honey badgers are found in arid grasslands and savannahs and even rainforests. They live in burrows in the ground.

Similes can be funny, serious, mean, or creative. Following are some more examples of similes regularly used in writing: You were as brave as a lion. They fought like cats and dogs.

List of AS… AS Similes

1 : having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage a brave soldier a brave smile.

A figure of speech is a word or phrase that possesses a separate meaning from its literal definition. It can be a metaphor or simile, designed to make a comparison. It can be the repetition of alliteration or the exaggeration of hyperbole to provide a dramatic effect.

23 Common Figures of Speech (Types and Examples)

• SIMILE. In simile two unlike things are explicitly compared.
• METAPHOR. It is an informal or implied simile in which words like, as, so are omitted.
• PERSONIFICATION.
• METONYMY.
• APOSTROPHE.
• HYPERBOLE.
• SYNECDOCHE.
• TRANSFERRED EPITHETS.

However, we have discussed 27 figures of speech with examples. These are the most important types which oftenly used in a language….

• 1 – Simile. It is a Latin word that means “like”.
• 2 – Metaphor.
• 3 – Personification.
• 4 – Apostrophe.
• 5 – Hyperbole.
• 6 – Euphemism.
• 7 – Parable.
• 8 – Fable.

An “oxymoron” is a figure of speech that has two contradictory or opposite words appearing side by side. So, basically, it’s a combination of two words that really have opposite meanings, but we use them, you know, regularly in sentences and phrases.

This bundle contains 15 ready-to-use figurative language worksheets that are perfect for students to learn about and identify the seven common types of figurative language: simile, metaphor, idioms, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration and hyperbole.

Types of Figurative Language

• Simile. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things and uses the words “like” or “as” and they are commonly used in everyday communication.
• Metaphor. A metaphor is a statement that compares two things that are not alike.
• Hyperbole.
• Personification.
• Synecdoche.
• Onomatopoeia.