Literary Element
Compares two things using like or as
Simile
Her eyes were fireflies.
Her eyes were beautiful, shiny, bright.
It is as cold as ice
Cold and ice
sight
The hills are alive with the sound of music
The hills being alive.
Compares two things WITHOUT using like or as
metaphor
David is a worm for what he did to Shelia.
David is gross, rude, mean.
memory and cupboard
His breath after lunch was like a sewage plant, thick and pungent.
smell
lightning dancing.
Repeating the same consonant sound "Peter Piper Picked a Patch"
Alliteration
Kathy arrived at the grocery store with an army of children.
Kathy has a lot of kids!
music and love
The cats tongue was like sandpaper on my face
feel, touch
pie was calling
When nonhuman things are given human characteristics
Personification
Each blade of grass was a tiny bayonet pointed firmly at our bare feet.
The grass is sharp, just cut.
clouds and spirits
The ice cold cherry soda was very refreshing on this hot summer day
taste
alarm clock yelling
When the opposite of what is expected happens
Irony
My heart swelled with a sea of tears.
Feeling very sad, upset, emotional
He Wrangled over details like a grasping pawnbroker
Someone and a pawnbroker
The horses hooves clopped against the stone walkway
sound, hearning
phone cooperating