Metaphor
a comparison between two unlike things
DOES NOT use like, or as
Personification
Gives human qualities to objects, ideas, or animals
The car was as fast as a jet soaring through the sky.
simile
The sweet signs showed up everywhere.
alliteration
Alliteration
Repetition of the first consonant sounds in neighboring words
Daily Double!!!
Hyperbole
An extreme exaggeration for emphasis
There were a million people in line in front of me to see the new Avengers movie.
hyperbole
The bees buzzed around the flowers.
onomatopoeia
Daily Double!!
The computer stared at me while I put off doing my homework.
personification
A phrase that has a different meaning than what it says.
Idiom
Daily Double!!!
I'd rather take a bath with a man-eating shark than do my homework.
hyperbole
Her laughter was like a warm blanket or a familiar song.
Daily Double
"He had a broad face and a little round belly That shook, when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.
Simile
"The light danced on the surface of the water.”
Personification
This car goes faster than the speed of light.
Her hair was a flowing golden river streaming down her shoulders.
Gilmore Girls is Miss Gilbert's favorite show.
alliteration
If I can't get a Smartphone, I will die.
He pleaded for her forgiveness, but Janet’s heart was ice.
metaphor
"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,”
Alliteration
Time after time, I tip-toe around my feelings.
Alliteration
Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.
alliteration
Their friendship is a rollercoaster ride.
metaphor
"The rain mocked the wedding guests' plans,"
Personification
He whispers words of wisdom.
Alliteration
"Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue.
Hyperbole
Hyperbole
“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!” Upon seeing Juliet alight upon her balcony, Romeo uses metaphor to compare her visage to that of the sun."
Metaphor
Poised between going on and back, pulled
Both ways taut like a tight-rope walker,
simile
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
alliteration