Metaphor
1. She has a heart of gold.
2. Her heart is like gold.
What is, "she has a heart of gold?"
1. His eyes were as blue as the sky.
2. His eyes were sky blue.
What is, "his eyes were as blue as the sky?"
1. It doesn't get better than this!
2. This is great!
What is, "it doesn't get better than this?"
1. She squeaked like a mouse.
2. Her voice was really high-pitched.
What is, "she squeaked like a mouse?"
"Resemble …
As much as an apple doth an oyster."
Simile
1. "All the world's a stage."
2. The world is like a stage.
What is, "all the world's a stage?"
1. The boy spoke like a politician, calculated and commandeering.
2. When the boy spoke, he was a politician addressing his nation.
What is, "the boy spoke like a politician?"
1. I haven't seen you in ages.
2. It's been such a long time since I've seen you.
What is, "I haven't seen you in ages?"
1. The sounds outside were like a symphony.
2. The bees buzzed in harmony with the hummingbirds.
What is, "the bees buzzed?"
"Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms"
Onomatopoeia
1. "Life is like a box of chocolates."
2. Life is a box of chocolates.
"What is, "life is a box of chocolates?"
1. "'Tis an unweeded garden that grows to seed."
2. This world is like a garden overrun with weeds.
What is, "this world is like a garden?"
1. I slept like a baby last night.
2. I slept like a rock last night.
What is, "I slept like a rock?"
1. Pow!
2. Ow!
What is, "pow?"
"From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life..."
Alliteration
1. "If music be the food of love, play on."
2. "...brain as barren as banks of Libya."
What is, "if music be the food of love, play on?"
1. "Merry as the day is long."
2. The more, the merrier!
1. I'm drowning in homework.
2. They gave us a bunch of homework.
What is, "I'm drowning in homework?"
1. He blabbed on and on about the most mundane things.
2. He just wouldn't shut up.
What is, "he blabbed?"
Break a leg!
Metaphor
1. "On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before."
2. "To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core..."
1. "I had walled the monster up within the tomb!"
2. "...to flee silently from its odious presence, as from the breath of a pestilence."
What is, "as from the breath of a pestilence?"
1. "Bewitching like the wanton mermaid’s song."
2. "My belly is as cold as if I had swallowed snowballs for pills to cool the veins."
What is, "my belly is as cold?"
1. "Resounds like heaven's thunder."
2. "Sometimes a thousand twanging instruments will hum about mine ears."
What is, "a thousand twanging instruments?"
"The moon, methinks, looks with a wat'ry eye..."
Personification