Hyperbole
The stars danced in the night light.
Personification and Assonance.
Best Buy is the best store by Braintree
Alliteration
Simile
Imagery
Using 1 or more of the 5 senses to create mental images
He ran as fast as a cheetah and went vroom when he passed by
Simile & Oxymoron
The phone rang very loud
Onomatopoeia
She ate a baked cake
Assoance
Personification
Any example where something non living is given a human quality
Alliteration
Repeating a consonant sound over and over again
The slithering snake was hovering over the small children
Alliteration & Onomatopoeia
The chocolate cake was awfully good
Oxymoron
Idiom
Any widely known saying
Idiom
A widely known saying that means something other than its literal meaning
There was a bright darkness in the ally way
oxymoron & imagery
The hot chocolate was smoking from the cup, it was a sweet taste!
Imagery
Metaphor
Any comparison without using like or as
Assonance
The use of words that have similar vowel sounds near one another
A wind blew out of a cloud chilling and killing my Annabel Lee
Personification & Assonance/Alliteration
She wore a black dress and black lipstick. The audience knew she was not to be messed with.
Symbolism or Imagery
Assonance
Any example with words using the same vowels