Simile or Metaphor
She was as quick as a hare
Simile
The trees were dancing in the wind
Yes
I had a lot of homework
I had 1,000 questions for homework!
There was so much homework I wouldn't finish it in 1 million years!
Suzie sat sideways on the swing so she could sing to her friend.
Alliteration
The car was a meteor speeding by
Metaphor
The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow.
What does it actually mean?
Yes. The sun was coming out.
It's really hot outside
It was so hot I was boiling alive!
It was so hot I would have melted!
The firework went BOOM!
Onomatopoeia
The computer was an old dinosaur
Metaphor
I could hear the thunder in the distance.
How could I personify this?
No.
The thunder roared in the distance.
I could hear the thunder grumbling.
The dog was really cute
That dog was the cutest thing in the entire world!
The dog is cuter then anything else!
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Idiom
Her laugh was like music to me.
Change into the opposite
Simile
Her laugh was music to my ears
The sun glared at me from the sky.
What does this really mean?
Yes.
The sun was really bright or in my eyes
I'm hungry.
I'm so hungry I could eat a whole buffet!
I'm so hungry, I'm wasting away to bones!
The backpack was as heavy as a boulder. It weighed 1,000 pounds!
Simile and hyperbole
Change into the opposite
Metaphor
The cast was like a chain to the couch
My alarm clock went off.
How could I personify this?
My alarm clock blared to life!
My alarm clocked screamed at me to wake up!
I'm bored.
I'm so bored it's killing me!
Mary met a man who was as big as a moose and moved to Maine.
Alliteration and simile