Literary Devices
I don't trust that boy around my stuff. He is a bull in a China shop.
Metaphor
The star was a diamond in the sky.
Metaphor
A mustang is used to represent Midlothian Middle School.
Symbolism
Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!"
Verbal Irony
My friend has a dog named Cat, so when he calls him it surprises people.
Verbal irony
Laughing Liza's lovely lilies lit the night skies white.
Alliteration
Whistle while you work
Alliteration
Smile for your picture like Mona Lisa
Allusion
When she lost her job, she turned into Scrooge and refused to buy anything that wasn't necessary.
Allusion
There were a thousand cars piled up on the highway, and the backup was fifty miles long.
Hyperbole
These bug bites have been tormenting me for ages. They will never go away!
Hyperbole
She's no friend of mine. She will turn on you at the drop of a hat.
Idiom
The baseball player was stuck between second and third. He was in a pickle.
Idiom
In the hard-packed dirt of the midway, after the glaring lights are out and the people have gone to bed, you will find a veritable treasure of popcorn fragments, frozen custard dribblings, candied apples abandoned by tired children, sugar fluff crystals, salted almonds, popsicles, partially gnawed ice cream cones and wooden sticks of lollipops.
Imagery
Their boots squelched and slopped and plopped mud in the front hallway as Kara and Zach removed their shoes. Their socks came off with a wet thwack.
Onomatopoeia
With a loud bang, the engine on the old truck finally roared to life.
Onomatopoeia
The spider webs reached out for me, clinging to my coat as I passed.
Personification
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Repetition
Her mother knew she was mad when she said, "I will not go to school, I will not clean my room, and I will not behave!"
Repetition
He was as stuck to that mirror as a fly on flypaper!
Simile
The fire hose twisted and writhed like a snake in my grasp as I help on for dear life.
Simile with personification
The Titanic was promoted as being 100% unsinkable; but, in 1912 the ship sank on its maiden voyage.
Situational Irony
A teacher failed the test
Situational irony