Question

Sort each example of figurative language into the correct column.

Bright flowers were waving to me.
Personification
Hyperbole
The old car groaned in protest.
Everybody knows Alexander
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
The wind screamed with anger.
The bag weighed a ton

Answer 1

PERSONIFICATION:

(Bright flowers were waving to me.)

(The old car groaned in protest.)

(The wind screamed with anger.)

HYPERBOLE:

(Everybody knows Alexander).

(I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.)

(The bag weighed a ton.)

Answer 2

Personifications: "Bright flowers were waving to me"

"The old cat groaned in protest"

"The wind screamed in anger"

Hyperboles: "Everybody knows Alexander"

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"

"The bag weighed a ton"

Step-by-step explanation:

Personifications give human characteristics to non living objects, while hyperboles are exaggerations.