Hyperbole
Simile
Sensory Language
Metaphor
Personification
100
I had to walk a million miles to get to my house.
I had to walk for a long time to get home.
100
Her smile was like sunshine.
Her smile lit up the room. It was very bright.
100
The car called to me from across the showroom
I wanted to buy that car OR the car appeared to stand out
100
The toddler is a tornado wherever he goes.
He leaves destruction behind like a tornado.
100
The camera loves me!
I take really nice pictures.
200
I'm dying to see that movie.
I really want to see that movie.
200
My mom is as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores.
She gets really angry, like an exploding volcano.
200
The butterfly sparkled shades of silvery purple and crystalline green as if fluttered past in the sunlight.
SIGHT. Silvery purple, crystalline green.
200
The fog was a blanket on the country road.
The fog was thick and covered the road like a blanket.
200
The moon winked at me through the clouds above.
The clouds were moving and made it look like the moon was winking. OR The moon was barely visible.
300
That girl is a bean pole.
She is very skinny.
300
The classroom is like an icebox.
It is very cold in the classroom.
300
The velvety fur on the new kitten brought me comfort as I slept through the storm.
TOUCH. Velvety fur.
300
The stars are diamonds in the night sky.
The stars are sparkly and bright like diamonds.
300
The thunder grumbled in the sky like an old man.
It sounded like an old man complaining.
400
My head is going to explode.
My head hurts so much it feels like it is going to bust. OR I have too much information in my brain.
400
The teacher's eyes were like laser beams on the cheating student.
She was looking at the student with direct focus or intensity.
400
The sourness of the lemon made my cheeks pucker and my eyes water.
TASTE. Sourness
400
Mrs. Soesbee's car is a dinosaur.
Her car is very old.
400
He did not know that opportunity was knocking on his door.
He had a chance to do something great, but didn't see it.
500
Summer will never come.
Time is going by slowly.
500
John's head was spinning like a top after the difficult math lesson.
His brain was confused, he didn't know what to think.
500
Rotten eggs and musty old socks clung to my clothing after I left the old shack.
SMELL. Rotten eggs, musty old socks.
500
All the world is a stage.
Everyone is acting. People are not genuine.
500
Time waits for no one.
Time will go by no matter what.
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