Read the two examples below and determine what type(s) of figurative language is/are being used from the list below:

(simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, allusion, alliteration, assonance, irony)



1. When Rachel entered the haunted house, it was as black as coal. She used the walls to find her way down the hallway, terrified as to what was to come.

2. Kevin peered out into the darkness. The sound of the thunder made him jump, and his eyes widened when he saw the bright lightening dance across the sky.