Robert ate really fast and sloppy (like a pig eats).
100
Her dog was as big as an elephant.
Her dog is really big. It is probably overweight.
100
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
You are really really hungry! You probably haven't eaten in a while.
100
The tree's branches waved at me as I walked by.
Most likely a breeze caused the tree's branches to move.
100
Andrew ate a lot of apples and almonds.
Alliteration
200
The computers at school were dinosaurs.
The computers were really really old (and probably really slow).
200
That test was as easy as pie.
The test was very easy! You studied, and it paid off!
200
My mom is going to kill me!
Your mom is probably quite mad at you, but she is not going to kill you. Maybe you didn't do your homework or didn't do your chores. Or maybe you were singing Taylor Swift all night long.
200
Lightning danced across the sky.
There was lots of lighting, and it lit up the sky. There was probably a big thunderstorm.
200
Her hair waved to me as I passed her in the hallway.
Personification
300
Maria is a chicken.
Maria is scared or afraid of something. Maybe spiders.
300
The cake Mr. Thorelli made is hard as a rock.
The cake he made is very hard. Probably does not taste very good. :( Poor Mr. Thorelli. He wishes he knew how to bake, but alas, he does not.
300
My birthday is in August. It will never come!
Yes-it will come. It just seems like such a long time from now. Long enough that it feels like it will never come.
300
The pencil ran away!
Most likely, the pencil rolled off of the table and is now on the floor. Poor pencil!
300
His eyes were as cold as ice.
Similie
400
The car was a furnace in the sun.
Imagine it is a summer day. It is pretty hot out. The car has been sitting in the sun. How hot is it in the car? It is probably quite hot!
400
The fly was as dead as a doornail.
Are doornails alive? No; they are not. They are dead. Very dead. This means that the fly is also very dead. Probably squished by a human.
400
Everybody knows that.
Whatever they are talking about, it is unlikely that everybody knows that. The point is that whatever they are talking about is something they feel most people should know. Maybe it's that the sky is blue.
400
The moon played hide and seek with the clouds.
The skies were probably partly cloudy, so the moon went in and out of the clouds. It was visible for a minute or two and then disappeared only to reappear later.
400
She was as phony as a three-dollar bill.
Similie
500
The teenager's stomach was a bottomless pit.
The teenager was growing. And he was hungry. Verryyyy hungry. He could just eat and eat and eat.
500
She was as welcome as a skunk at a birthday party.
Think about this. Would you want a skunk at your birthday party? Probably not. This means that she was not welcome at all at the party.
500
We waited centuries for the latest Minecraft Pocket Edition to be released.
We did not wait centuries, but it may have felt like centuries. Basically, if felt like a super long time to have to wait for the game to come out.
500
The words appeared to leap off the paper as she read the story.
When she read the story, she really made it come alive! The audience was really able to picture what was going on in the story.