Animals
People
Nature
Food
Objects
100
She's as quiet as a mouse.
simile
100
His singing is driving me up the wall!
idiom
100
He's as sly as a fox!
idiom or simile
100

Karla kept the ketchup in the kitchen.

alliteration
100

Life is a rollercoaster with many ups and downs.

metaphor
200
It's raining cats and dogs!
Idiom
200

Clap, clap, clap your hands!

Onomatopoeia
200

The moon winks at me every night.

personification
200

That test was a piece of cake!

Idiom or metaphor
200

Zing Zing, went the violin strings.


onomatopoeia
300
Eek! I saw a mouse.
onomatopoeia
300
It's so noisy in here my head is going to explode!
hyperbole
300

The falling leaves danced in the wind.

personification
300
I love this milkshake! Slurp! Slurp!
onomatopoeia
300

The ambulance will be here in two seconds!

hyperbole
400

The crocodile's teeth are white knives.

metaphor
400

I am so tired I could sleep for a year.

hyperbole
400
The tall tree towered over the tough triceratops.
alliteration
400
I like the way my cereal snaps, crackles, and pops!
onomatopoeia
400

Books are keys to your imagination.

metaphor
500

I'm so hungry I could eat a hundred burgers!

hyperbole
500

Learning to ride a bike is as easy as pie

idiom or simile
500

His bedroom was a pig pen!

Metaphor
500
She was worried about the test, but I was as cool as a cucumber!
simile
500

The camera loves me.

personification
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