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metaphor

And therefore I went forth with hope and fear into the wintry forest of our life.

metaphor

And therefore I went forth, with hope and fear / Into the wintry forest of our life;

personification

And with those four words her happiness died.

personification

Chloe heard the last piece of cheesecake in the refrigerator calling her name.

verbal irony

Clayton's room is as tidy as an overgrown garden.

metaphor

Coco always had a taste for the fruit of knowledge.

personification

Coco heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

hyperbole

Coco never forgets anything.

personification

Father Time can always catch up to you, no matter how fast you run.

idiom

Judge Taylor looked daggers at Atticus, as if daring him to speak. —Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

understatement

Jumping into a frozen lake will cool you down, all right.

personification

Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.

hyperbole

Justina has a million pairs of shoes in her closet.

hyperbole

Katie gazed hopelessly at the endless pile of bills stretching across the counter.

onomatopoeia

Kelsey's phone slipped out of her pocket, landing in the toilet with a plop.

personification

Kevin's '64 Impala groaned as he turned the ignition. Yet again he resolved to refurbish it over the summer.

understatement

Kidnapping the bride at her wedding was a slight of breach of decorum.

metaphor

Kiki's answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution.

alliteration

Kim's kid kept kicking like crazy.

hyperbole

Nothing can bother him.

hyperbole

Nothing can stop that team.

hyperbole

Nothing could ever go wrong with his plan.

hyperbole

Old Mr. Hastings has been teaching here since the Stone Age.

simile

On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones. —John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

hyperbole

Once I get you in my arms, I'm never going to let you go.

alliteration

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary. . . —Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"

simile

The bottle rolled off the table like a teardrop.

simile

They wore jeans, which made me stand out like a sore thumb.

verbal irony

This bed's about as soft as a brick.

personification

This city never sleeps.

simile

This dress is perfect because it fits like a glove.

metaphor

This job is the cancer of my dreams and aspirations.

personification

This morning had friendly greetings for peaceful sleepers.

metaphor

This song shall be thy rose, soft, fragrant, and with no thorn left to wound thy bosom.

metaphor

This world of life is a garden ravaged.

understatement

Thomas Edison had a few ideas that he wanted to share with the world--1,093 of which would be granted U.S. patents.

personification

Those greedy weeds have starved the flowers.

alliteration

Throughout the ages, human beings have pondered the many mysteries of the moon.

personification

Thunder grumbled and raindrops reported for duty.

understatement

When asked about the circus, Daniel replied, "Yeah, there were animals and stuff. It was okay."

simile

When he reached the top of the hill, he felt as strong as a steel gate.

understatement

When the Internet came, it changed a few things.

pun

When the coach asked whether we wanted to try out the new trampoline, we jumped at the chance.

metaphor

When the teacher leaves her little realm, she breaks her wand of power apart.

simile

When the tree branch broke, Millie fell from the limb like a robin's egg.

alliteration

While walking wearily home I wondered where Wally was.

personification

Winter's icy grip squeezed her rib cage.

metaphor

Words are the weapons with which we wound.

pun

Would you mind lending me your pencil? I tried using mine, but it's pointless.

alliteration

Yarvis yanked his ankle at yoga, and Yolanda yelled out in surprise.

simile

Yolanda talked to her son about girls as though she were giving him tax advice.

simile

You are soft as the nesting dove.

understatement

You could try to swim across the Pacific Ocean, but it'd be a little tiring and there might not be enough time to do it this afternoon.

understatement

You have to work a little bit if you want to be a professional athlete.

hyperbole

You've made me the happiest man alive, Katrina.

onomatopoeia

You've reached Billy Woodard's voice mail. Please leave a detailed message at the beep, and I will return your call at my earliest convenience.

hyperbole

Your brother is the smartest guy in the world.

alliteration

Zachary zeroed in on zoo keeping as a career.

metaphor

John is a worm for what he did to Katie.

alliteration

"He clasps the crag with crooked hands/ Close to the sun in lonely lands . . ." —Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "The Eagle"

onomatopoeia

"Hear the sledges with the bells/ Silver bells! / How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, / In the icy air of night!" —Edgar Allan Poe, "The Bells"

understatement

"I'll be there in one-second!" shouted Cameron from the other end of the long hallway.

understatement

"Leaving my wallet and ID at the crime scene might have been a small mistake," admitted the criminal.

alliteration

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary. . ." —Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"

verbal irony

"There's nothing I love more than skipping lunch," Mr. Todd told the flight attendant when he learned that no food would be available on his cross-country flight.

verbal irony

"This mattress is as soft as concrete," Billy complained as he tested the bed in his hotel room.

verbal irony

"Your new hairstyle is so boring!" Donald remarked when his sister showed up with a pink-and-blue mohawk.

simile

I am so thirsty that my throat is as dry as a bone.

hyperbole

I can smell pizza from a kilometer away.

hyperbole

I can't do anything right.

idiom

A Chicago winter separates the men from the boys, especially newcomers from milder climes.

personification

A case of cupcakes can be quite charming to an empty stomach.

personification

A school of salmon swam across the mouth of the river.

personification

After freedom's sweet kiss, she could never return to the doldrums of the factory.

understatement

After shooting himself in the foot, Nick reckoned that he could be a tad bit clumsy at times.

understatement

After the boys lost the basketball game 15 to 95, the coach said, "Well, guys, we came up a little bit short."

alliteration

After the stock market crash, many people's financial futures went into free fall.

alliteration

Becky's beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy.

simile

Beth's boyfriend appreciated her as an ape might appreciate an algebra book.

metaphor

Blind fools of fate and slaves of circumstance, / Life is a fiddler, and we all must dance.

simile

Blood seeped out of the wound like red teardrops.

personification

Brenda groaned as her shrill alarm clock sprang to life

hyperbole

I could listen to that song on repeat forever.

metaphor

But into her face there came a flame; / I wonder could she have been thinking the same?

simile

But now her hands like moonlight brush the keys with velvet grace.

personification

Any trust I had for him walked right out the door.

simile

Arguing with her was like dueling with hand grenades.

personification

As fall turned to winter, the trees found themselves wearing white.

understatement

As the large pack of snarling wolves advanced, Dakota John smirked at his partner Steve and said, "Aw, you're not afraid of a few puppies are you, Steve?"

allusion

At twenty-one, Jayden felt overwhelmed with adult responsibilities and wished he could fly off to Neverland.

alliteration

Can you keep the cat from clawing the couch? It's creating chaos.

understatement

Carl looked at the mountain jutting into the sky and said, "Yeah, it's probably a little too big to jump over it."

pun

Connor remarked that the new book on anti-gravity was impossible to put down.

personification

December light is brief and uncharitable.

simile

Don't just sit there like a bump on a log.

metaphor

Donations to the charity were a tsunami.

understatement

Driving the wrong way down a one-way rode isn't the safest way to get from point A to point B.

personification

Drugs dragged him into this place and they wouldn't let him leave alive.

hyperbole

Duh. Everyone knows that.

idiom

During much of the twentieth century, artistic types were a dime a dozen in Greenwich Village.

metaphor

Each blade of grass was a tiny bayonet pointed firmly at our bare feet.

verbal irony

Each breakdown of my computer is as enjoyable as a punch to the face.

simile

Each dollar bill was a like a magic wand to cast away problems.

metaphor

Each flame of the fire is a precious stone belonging to all who gaze upon it.

simile

Elderly American ladies leaning on their canes listed toward me like towers of Pisa. —Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

hyperbole

Emily was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole.

hyperbole

Emma never has anything interesting to say.

allusion

Erin Brockovich, a single mother with no legal training, helped win a daunting court battle against a Goliath energy company.

hyperbole

Forget knocking it out of the park, Skippy can knock a baseball off the continent.

alliteration

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes / A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life. —William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

metaphor

From its blue vase the rose of evening drops.

personification

From the warmth and safety of their beds, the villagers listened to the screaming storm until daybreak. Then there was silence.

personification

I decided to take advantage of the opportunity that was knocking at my door

simile

She went like snow in the springtime on a sunny hill.

hyperbole

Gabe won't drive her home because she lives on the other side of the universe.

understatement

Gee, Jim, I don't think you're going to be able to pick up that pickup truck. It looks a tad too heavy for you.

understatement

Getting hit by a speeding car might leave a mark.

understatement

Giving cake to a baby can be a little bit messy.

hyperbole

Go to the beach? That's the best idea ever.

simile

Grandpa lounged on the raft in the middle of the pool like an old battleship.

alliteration

Greedy goats gobbled up gooseberries, getting good at grabbing the goodies.

alliteration

Hannah's home has heat now, hopefully.

pun

He had hoped to find his missing watch, but he couldn't find the time.

personification

He had little to live for now that his dreams were dead.

metaphor

He is a shining star.

metaphor

He pleaded for her forgiveness but Janet's heart was cold iron.

personification

He sang a lonely song to the moonlight.

hyperbole

He walked down the road to nowhere.

metaphor

He wanted his friends to realize that life is a journey and not a destination. —Lynn H. Hough

metaphor

He wanted to set sail on the ocean of love but he just wasted away in the desert.

metaphor

He's a rolling stone, and it's bred in the bone.

simile

Her eyes are like the eyes of statues.

metaphor

Her eyes were fireflies.

metaphor

Her hair was a flowing golden river streaming down her shoulders.

simile

Her hair was as soft as a spider web.

metaphor

Her hope was a fragile seed.

simile

Her laughter was like a warm blanket or a familiar song.

metaphor

Her long hair was a flowing golden river.

metaphor

His cotton candy words did not appeal to her taste.

simile

I flitted like a dizzy moth.

understatement

I got a phone bill for around $30,000, which was slightly more expensive than the $500 that they told me that I'd be paying.

pun

I got hit in the head by a can of soda. Luckily it was a soft drink.

understatement

I guess that getting straight As on your report card is pretty good.

personification

I overheard the streets talking about you.

understatement

I suppose that getting into a fist fight with the principal was a little bit out of line.

understatement

I suppose that having trees and plants on our planet is kind of important.

pun

I thought I'd forgotten how to play with a boomerang, but then it came back to me.

onomatopoeia

I was just beginning to yawn with nerves . . . when I knew his tattarrattat at the door. —James Joyce, Ulysses

metaphor

I was lost in a sea of nameless faces.

hyperbole

I went home and made the biggest sandwich of all time.

hyperbole

I will never say "never."

pun

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger, and then suddenly it hit me.

hyperbole

I'd move mountains for her.

hyperbole

I'd rather French kiss a rattlesnake than miss a PE period.

simile

I'm about as awesome as a flying giraffe.

hyperbole

I've seen this movie at least a thousand times.

simile

If seen from above the factory, the workers would have looked like clock parts.

understatement

If you drop out of high school, you're probably not going to be the next president.

alliteration

If you're going to become true dodgeballers, then you've got to learn the five d's of dodgeball: dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge! —Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

idiom

In May 2014, when wildfires threatened parts of San Diego County in California, firefighters worked around the clock in an effort to control the blaze.

hyperbole

Joe was thirsty enough to drink a river dry.

metaphor

In capitalism, money is the life blood of society but charity is the soul.

metaphor

In my heart's temple I suspend to thee these votive wreaths of withered memory.

metaphor

In the 1950s, there was great societal pressure on women to stay at home and raise children. Many women enjoyed doing so, but for others home was a prison they yearned to escape.

understatement

It turns out that climbing Mount Everest is not so easy.

idiom

It's only forty miles to the ranch as the crow flies, but on the winding local roads, it takes about two hours.

understatement

It's probably a good idea to keep your eyes on the road when you're speeding on the highway.

understatement

It's probably fair to say that it would take you a bit of time to count to a trillion.

understatement

Jake wasn't exactly happy to find out that he wouldn't be graduating.

simile

Jeff's jokes were like flat soda to the children, surprisingly unpleasant.

hyperbole

Jennifer does everything for him.

personification

Kiss your integrity goodbye.

metaphor

Kisses are the flowers of affection.

metaphor

Kisses are the flowers of love in bloom.

metaphor

Knowledge is the key to success.

alliteration

Larry's lizard likes lounging in the sun.

simile

Last night, I slept like a log.

metaphor

Laughter is the music of the soul.

understatement

Launching a rocket into outer space is not that easy.

metaphor

Laura's plan to get into college was a house of cards on a crooked table.

personification

Let the rain kiss you. —Langston Hughes, "April Rain Song"

metaphor

Let your eyes drink up that milkshake sky.

understatement

Let's just say that our son was not pleased to find his new Nintendo Switch at the bottom of the swimming pool.

metaphor

Life is a dream in the night, a fear among fears, / A naked runner lost in a storm of spears.

metaphor

Life is a journey.

metaphor

Life: a lighted window and a closed door.

personification

Light had conquered darkness.

personification

Lightning danced across the sky.

understatement

Looking over the traffic, sprawling bumper to bumper for miles, Ray muttered to his partner, "This could be a minute..."

metaphor

Love is a guest that comes, unbidden, / But, having come, asserts his right;

verbal irony

Marie gazed at the ancient pug that seemed to sleep all day and noted, "You're an energetic puppy!"

understatement

Matt figured that wrestling the grizzly bear would be a tad bit risky, so he went back the way he came.

understatement

Maybe eating an entire chocolate cake for breakfast wasn't the healthiest way to start the day.

personification

Melody ate the hotdog despite the arguments it posed to her digestive system.

metaphor

Men and women pass in the street glad of the shining sapphire weather.

metaphor

Men court not death when there are sweets still left in life to taste.

alliteration

Mike made mellow music with his new microphone.

personification

Money is the only friend that I can count on.

personification

Most pianos have pretty good manners but Arthur can make them sound rude.

personification

My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

understatement

My cousin is 7 feet tall and I'm 5 feet, so I guess he's a got a little bit of height on me.

hyperbole

My dad is always working.

hyperbole

My dad knows everything about cars.

metaphor

My dreams are flowers to which you are a bee.

personification

My flowers were begging for water.

hyperbole

My grandpa worked his fingers to the bone.

personification

My heart has been skipping around in my chest since I saw her.

metaphor

My heart swelled with a sea of tears.

personification

My house is a friend who protects me.

simile

My love for you is as deep as the ocean.

simile

My mother's kitchen was like a holy place: you couldn't wear your shoes, you had to sit there at a certain time, and occasionally we'd pray.

hyperbole

My parents iare going to kill me.

metaphor

My soul was a lampless sea and she was the tempest.

understatement

My teacher assigned a thick homework packet, two book reports, and a 10-page research project, so I guess that I'm going to be a little busy this weekend.

metaphor

My words are chains of lead.

hyperbole

Nathan is the fastest thing on two feet.

alliteration

Nick's nephew needed some new notebooks.

hyperbole

Nobody can beat level level.

personification

One unhappy icicle wasted away in the day.

understatement

Organizing all of the books in this library did require a little time and a teensy bit of work.

understatement

Our math teacher knows a thing or two about arithmetic.

alliteration

Peter's piglet pranced priggishly.

understatement

Pluto can get as cold as -400F at night, so if you're going there, you might want to bring a jacket.

idiom

Problems emerge and some people try to sweep them under the rug. —Bill Condon, film director

alliteration

Quincy's quilters quit quilting quickly.

hyperbole

Rachel would be content anywhere.

simile

Rosie followed her dreams like most kids would follow a big sister.

alliteration

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer rose rapidly into the air.

personification

Rusted old cars lounged in every corner of the junkyard.

simile

Sam looked at the test with a stare as blank as his notebook.

hyperbole

Sarah never stops talking.

metaphor

Scars are the roadmap to the soul.

metaphor

See the sun, far off, a shriveled orange in a sky gone black;

alliteration

Seven sisters slept soundly on the sand.

metaphor

She cut him down with her words.

understatement

She gave birth to me, raised me from an infant, always provided for me... Maybe I owe her one.

simile

She hung her head like a dying flower.

simile

She is as thin as a rake.

metaphor

She let such beautiful pearls of wisdom slip from her mouth without even knowing.

simile

She looked at me like I was speaking in some strange alien tongue.

simile

She swam through the waters like she was falling through a warm dream.

metaphor

She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show.

metaphor

She was just a trophy to Brad, another object to possess.

allusion

Skippy is a real Benedict Arnold. After promising to work on my campaign for class president, he decided to support my opponent.

personification

Slowly, a renewed sense of dread invaded her mind.

understatement

Snails don't rank among the fastest of animals.

metaphor

So I sit spinning still, round this decaying form, the fine threads of rare and subtle thought.

metaphor

So in this dimmer room which we call life, / Life is the night with its dream-visions teeming, / Death is the waking at day.

understatement

So maybe jumping out of an airplane without a parachute wasn't the best idea.

alliteration

So we beat on . . . borne back ceaselessly into the past. —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

metaphor

Some days my thoughts are just cocoons hanging from dripping branches in the grey woods of my mind.

understatement

Some folks might turn their noses up at old Skip, on account of all of those murders that he committed, but he's good people when it comes down to it.

metaphor

Still sits the school-house by the road, a ragged beggar sunning.

personification

Still waters shivered in the wind.

personification

Summer sneaked up on me this year; I'm not ready for it to be this hot!

understatement

Swimming with those starving sharks might be a bit unpleasant.

understatement

Teresa looked at the black, smoldering chunk of charred meat on her plate and said, "Maybe it's a bit overcooked."

simile

That guy is as nutty as a fruitcake.

simile

That is as easy as shooting fish in a barrel.

hyperbole

That was the easiest question in the world.

hyperbole

That woman has no self-control.

understatement

The Universe is a pretty big place.

personification

The angry storm pounded the tin shelter.

personification

The approaching car's headlights winked at me.

simile

The assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, was as shocking as an earthquake, leaving Americans feeling shaken and vulnerable.

allusion

The audience at the 2012 Olympics cheered as, with Herculean effort, Kim Un-Guk of North Korea set an Olympic record by lifting a 153-kilogram weight.

personification

The avalanche devoured anything standing in its way.

metaphor

The average teenage boy's room is a disaster area.

personification

The brown grass was begging for water.

personification

The brush grabbed at his legs in the dark until one knee of his jeans ripped. —John Steinbeck, "Flight"

personification

The buses can be impatient around here.

personification

The business world would chew you up and spit you out.

personification

The butterflies played hide and seek among the flowers.

personification

The cactus saluted any visitor brave enough to travel the scorched land.

personification

The cactus saluted those who drove past.

metaphor

The calm lake was a mirror.

personification

The camera loves her since she is so pretty.

personification

The candle flame danced in the dark.

personification

The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

metaphor

The cast on Skippy's broken leg was a plaster shackle.

metaphor

The cherry-trees are seas of bloom and soft perfume and sweet perfume.

personification

The child of morning, rosy fingered dawn, appeared.

metaphor

The children were flowers grown in concrete gardens.

metaphor

The children were roses grown in concrete gardens, beautiful and forlorn.

metaphor

The classroom was a zoo.

simile

The classroom was as quiet as a tongue-tied librarian in a hybrid car.

metaphor

The clouds are balls of cotton.

personification

The clouds pushed each other around in the sky.

metaphor

The clouds sailed across the sky.

simile

The clouds were like ice-cream castles in the sky.

metaphor

The computer in the classroom was an old dinosaur.

simile

The curtains stir as with an ancient pain.

metaphor

The daggers of heat pierced through his white t-shirt.

metaphor

The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face.

personification

The door protested as it opened slowly.

metaphor

The drums of time have rolled and ceased.

personification

The elaborate monument demanded the attention of everyone who came near it.

understatement

The elderly woman who was thrown from the train was having a rough morning.

hyperbole

The end of the semester will never come.

metaphor

The falling snowflakes are dancers.

simile

The flowers were as soft as thoughts of budding love.

personification

The frozen waffles, now deliciously warm and brown, leaped from the toaster.

metaphor

The great gold apples of light hang from the street's long bough, dripping their light on the faces that drift below, on the faces that drift and blow.

simile

The handshake felt like warm laundry.

onomatopoeia

The hum of the computer concerned Steven. Was the problem with the power supply or the hard drive?

simile

The ice sculptor's hands fluttered like hummingbird wings.

personification

The jittery hands of corruption orchestrated the affairs at city hall.

metaphor

The job interview was a rope ladder dropped from heaven.

hyperbole

The lesson was taking forever.

metaphor

The light flows into the bowl of the midnight sky, violet, amber and rose.

metaphor

The lightning was fireworks in the sky.

simile

The man held the blanket like a memory.

onomatopoeia

The metal platter landed with a great clang, spraying bits of food across the kitchen floor and cabinets.

personification

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk with. —Carl Sandburg, "Moonlight and Maggots"

personification

The moon smiled at the stars in the sky.

personification

The moon turned over to face the day.

metaphor

The mother arrived at the grocery store with an army of children.

simile

The music burst like a bent-up flood.

understatement

The next closest star to the Earth is a mere 4.22 light years away.

personification

The night was creeping on the ground! She crept and did not make a sound.

understatement

The ocean has a decent amount of water in it.

verbal irony

The old wooden rocking chair that Lyla brought home from the rummage sale was as comfortable as a bed of nails.

hyperbole

The only thing that he ever wants to do is play that game.

metaphor

The park was a lake after the rain.

personification

The party died as soon as she left.

metaphor

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. —L. P. Hartley, The Go-Between

metaphor

The path of resentment is easier to travel than the road to forgiveness.

personification

The path was steep and rocky, and the bus breathed hard as it made a slow ascent.

simile

The people who still lived in the town were stuck in place like wax statues.

metaphor

The promise between us was a delicate flower.

verbal irony

The residents of Detroit will be delighted by today's forecast; they can expect another unpleasant weekend of heavy snow, sleet, and ice.

simile

The river flows like a stream of glass

metaphor

The road ahead was a ribbon stretching across the desert.

simile

The robins are as thick today as flakes of snow were yesterday,

hyperbole

The sight of them kissing is so gross that it makes me want to barf.

personification

The silence crept into the classroom.

metaphor

The snow is a white blanket.

simile

They children ran like ripples through water.

personification

The sorry engine wheezed its death cough.

personification

The stairs groaned as we walked on them.

metaphor

The stars are sparkling diamonds.

simile

The stars looked like stupid little fish.

metaphor

The sun is a golden ball.

personification

The sun stretched its golden arms across the plains.

personification

The sunflowers nodded in the wind.

personification

The surfers rode the wave as it sprinted towards the coastline.

metaphor

The teacher planted the seeds of wisdom.

simile

The town square was buzzing like a beehive.

personification

The traffic noises argued long into the night and finally Ethan went to sleep.

personification

The trees danced in the wind.

personification

The trees dropped their leaves and rested.

simile

The truth was like a bad taste on his tongue.

personification

The vine wove its fingers around the fence.

personification

The violinist made his instrument cry out the haunting melody.

personification

The washing machine complained when Brody ran an oversized load of laundry.

simile

The water made a sound like kittens lapping. —Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Yearling

metaphor

The wheels of justice turn slowly.

personification

The wildfire ran through the forest at an amazing speed.

personification

The wind carelessly dispersed the leaves that Andrew had spent so long raking.

personification

The wind howled in the night.

personification

The wind whispered the rumors of the forest.

simile

The windows in the storm winds shook like scared children.

personification

The world does not care to hear your sad stories.

simile

Then I knew those tiny voices, clear as drops of dew.

hyperbole

These shoes are killing me.

simile

They are as different as night and day.

alliteration

Tim took tons of tools to make toys for the tots.

simile

Tom scattered his pocket change in front of the beggars like crumbs of bread.

metaphor

Tom's eyes were ice as he stared at her.

understatement

Torture can be uncomfortable at times.

verbal irony

Unfortunately, the wild blueberries we picked were as sweet as vinegar.

hyperbole

Video games is the only thing that ever mattered to him.

hyperbole

Vivian drank from a bottomless glass of apple juice.

alliteration

Vivien is very vixen-like and vexing.

understatement

Walking across the entire continent of Asia might take you a minute.

simile

Watching the show was like watching grass grow.

metaphor

Waves of spam emails inundated his inbox.

metaphor

We are all shadows on the wall of time.

personification

We heard thunder grumbling in the distance.

onomatopoeia

We held our breath as the basketball made an arc toward the basket and then sunk into the net with a satisfying whoosh.

hyperbole

We tried everything that we could.

hyperbole

We'll be best friends forever.

simile

Well, that went over like a lead balloon.

metaphor

What storms then shook the ocean of my sleep.

metaphor

When Dragon Ball Z came on TV, the boys were glued in their seats.

metaphor

When I was a teenager, reading was my ticket to foreign lands: I traveled to India, China, and Antarctica without ever leaving the comfort of my home.

pun

When Paula first joined the track team, she was afraid of jumping, but she got over that hurdle.


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