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

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"

Explanation:

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

taking into account that a theme is the central topic a text treats and can be developed through a story, play, poem etc. the following are themes that can be further developed:  

my best friend jeffrey has many unusual interests. (the story could be about each of the unususal interests)

once a man gives his soul over to evil, he can never go back. (this could be a saying or a proverb)

the three sheepdogs lay around the yard all day. (it could be developed detailing how each of these sheepdogs lay around)

a priest's collar has an unusual effect upon people. (it could be developed detailing the different effect upon people)

innocence is a powerful force in a world full of corruption. (it could be developed detailing how is a world full of corruption)

king lear is a play shakespeare wrote later. (it is just a sentence and doesnt give any idea or topic to be discussed in details.

evil often wears the disguise of innocence. (this could be a saying or a proverb)

the difference between an explicit and implicit meaning is that the explicit meaning of a poem is that the detail is exactly defined. nothing is left to interpretation. an implicit meaning is an implied meaning. kabir's poetry is both explicit and implicit in that it can be interpreted on different levels. the explicit meaning leaves nothing to interpretation while the implicit meaning leaves lots open to interpretation. an example of this is found in the poem "rumi and the spiritual lover".