Figurative Language

I had to walk on egg shells around my mom. 

A common expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.

The bacon sizzled in the pan. 

A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words

He runs like a cheetah.

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration

The wind was whispering in the night.

Her hair is a golden ray of sunlight.

A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

Her eyes were as bright as the sun.

Sally sells sea shells by the seashore. 

a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

It's raining cats and dogs.

Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

I am dying of thirst!