Similes
What is a simile
A simile is a direct comparison between two things, using like or as.
What is a metaphor
A metaphor is a comparison between two things.
What is a hyperbole
When a writer exaggerates something
What is personification
When something non-human is given human-like qualities.
What is an allusion
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
They fought like cats and dogs.
Playing rough.
The snow is a white blanket
Soft
She's as old as the hills
Lightning danced across the sky.
Lightening struck
Don't act like a Romeo in front of her.
“Romeo” is a reference to Shakespeare’s Romeo, a passionate lover of Juliet, in “Romeo and Juliet”.
Don't just sit there like a bump on a log.
Being lazy.
He is a shining star
Bright
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse
Starving
The wind howled in the night.
Hard wind
The rise in poverty will unlock the Pandora’s box of crimes.
This is an allusion to one of Greek Mythology’s origin myth, “Pandora’s box”.
Watching the show was like watching grass grow.
Boring.
Her long hair was a flowing golden river
Nice yellow hair
I walked a million miles to get here
Walked for hours
The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
Car stopped functioning
This place is like a Garden of Eden.
This is a biblical allusion to the “garden of God” in the Book of Genesis.
He is as strong as an ox.
Tom's eyes were ice as he stared at her
Frozen
I died of embarrassment
Embarrassed
Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
Craving pie
Milton’s “Paradise Lost”
Gives allusions a fair share.