Picture This
What do you see when you read this sentence?
The angry clouds marched across the dark sky.
a storm
What two things are being compared?
Your eyes sparkle like the sunshine.
Eyes and sunshine
The car crashed with a loud boom!
Onomatopoeia
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
Simile
What is the meaning of this sentence?
Your hug is like a warm blanket on a cold day.
The hug is comforting.
What do you picture when you read this sentence?
Your hug is a warm blanket on a cold day.
Someone is wrapping both their arms around someone else tightly.
What two things are being compared?
He is a walking encyclopedia.
The boy and an encyclopedia.
I have one million things to do.
Hyperbole
Comparing two things by saying one is another.
Metaphor
What is the meaning of this sentence?
They are two peas in a pod.
They are very similar. They are alike.
What do you picture when you read this sentence?
They were two peas in a pod.
A pea pod with two smiling peas.
What two things are being compared?
She was fast as a cheetah.
Your eyes sparkle like the sunshine.
Simile
To describe something in an extremely exaggerated way.
Hyberpole
What is the meaning of this sentence?
The referee's stare was like ice.
The referee was unhappy with a player.
What do you picture when you read this sentence?
The referee's stare was like ice.
A guy in a black and white looked at me meanly.
What two things are being compared?
Your hug is a warm blanket on a cold day.
hug and a warm blanket
He's a walking encyclopedia.
Metaphor
A sentence or phrase with words that start with the same letter or sound.
Alliteration
What is the meaning of this sentence?
Audrey's eyes are like two deep oceans.
Audrey's eyes are really blue.
What do you picture when you read this sentence?
Audrey's eyes are like two deep oceans.
I see two blue eyes.
What two things are being compared?
The solider had the heart of a lion.
solider and lion
The angry clouds marched across the dark sky.
Personification
A phrase that means something different than what it says, it should not be taken literally.
Idiom
What is the meaning of this sentence?
Sebastian is gentle giant.
Sebastian is very nice.