Name That Device
"Meow!"
Onomatopoeia
It's raining cats and dogs!
It's raining really hard
Her smile was as bright as sunshine.
her smile, sunshine
Simile
A comparison of two things using like or as
The hand signal for the bathroom
two crossed fingers
She was as fast as lightening.
Simile
The wind whispered across the grass.
The wind sounds very quiet
The friends laughed like hyenas
The friends, hyenas
Onomatopoeia
Spelling out sounds
Where to go when I feel dysregulated and need a break
The reflection area
I heard the ocean calling me.
Personification
I could eat a million doughnuts right now!
They're really hungry or they're really craving doughnuts
Even though the sky was as dark as a raven, I was not scared.
The sky, a raven
A comparison without using like or as
What is the voice level for every "do now"
level zero
I stacked my papers one thousand feet high!
Hyperbole
My mattress feels like a cloud.
Their mattress is really soft.
The sun sparkled off the snow so it shined like diamonds.
The snow, diamonds
hyperbole
an obvious exaggeration
What to do if a teacher tells me to wait for the bathroom
wait if I can; tell the teacher quietly and respectfully if I cannot wait
My students are all Einsteins. (2 devices)
Allusion, Metaphor
The wind swept me off my feet.
The wind is really strong.
The hotter it got, the more I felt I was melting like an ice cube.
Myself, an ice cube
Personification
Giving human qualities or actions to something that is not humans
What should you do if you finish your work early
DEAR-drop everything and read