“Ogres are like onions.”
-Shrek
Simile
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"You are the thunder, an I am the lightning." - Rascal Flatts
Metaphor
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"I came in like a wrecking ball." - Miley Cyrus
Simile
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"And I can't wait to see what my buddies all think of me; Just imagine how much cooler I'll be in summer"
- Frozen
Irony
“The wind whispered through the trees.”
The Wild Robot — Peter Brown
Personification
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“You’re killing me, Smalls!”
-The Sandlot
Hyperbole
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"I've cried an ocean of tears." - Garth Brooks
Hyperbole
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"Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go." - Green Day
Personification
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"And my last high note, before that blasted underworld gets my goat"
Idiom
“I had a million things to worry about.”
The Lightning Thief — Rick Riordan
Hyperbole
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"Boom, bam, baby!" – The Emperor's New Groove
Onomatopoeia
"Life's a dance you learn as you go; sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow"
- John Michael Montgomery
Analogy
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"I have died every day waiting for you" -Christina Perri
Hyperbole
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“See the line where the sky meets the sea? It calls me” - Moana
Personification
“Break a leg.”
Diary of a Wimpy Kid — Jeff Kinney
Idiom
"There's a leak in the boat!!"
- Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2
Pun
"I just wanted to take this in, The moonlight dancin' off your skin" -Darius Rucker
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Personification
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“Boom clap, the sound of my heart” - Charli xcx
Onomatopoeia
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“You must be swift as a coursing river” - Mulan
Simile
“My mother was a force of nature.”
-The Lightning Thief — Rick Riordan
Metaphor
""Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna get."
- Forrest Gump
Analogy
"Then he stuck that needle down deep in my gum; And he started drilling before I was numb; Some beach, Somewhere; There's a beautiful sunset burning up the atmosphere."
- Blake Shelton
Puns
"Don't pretend that you don't want me;
Our love ain't water under the bridge"
- Adele
Idiom
"I can take off my head to recite Shakespearean quotations..."
- Nightmare Before Christmas
Allusion
“He was a real Scrooge about sharing his pudding.”
- Matilda by Roald Dahl
Allusion