Figurative language
I was as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
palms sweating, knees shaking I stood at the end of the cliff.
absolute
" I failed my test today", groaned Alex.
" I failed my test today," groaned Alex.
The desk crowded with pencil shavings and ink splotches on all the paper. trashcan overflowing with paper, balled up and crumpled.
setting
It is raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
The voltage hit his wet mouth like a sledge and stiffened him like a poker.
Vivid Verbs
don't be late, "Bill warned.
don't be late, "Bill warned."
I rushed down the stairs skipping every other one. My hands up high and waving them up above my head.
Action
" I was eating Jumbo shrimp."
oxymoron
The dog small, and loud Barked at the children.
Adjectives out of order.
"I think your wrong" Dan said.
"I think your wrong," Dan said.
"Hudson!" I yelled, "come here this instant." "Fine" he mumbled.
Dialogue.
BAM! and the crowd goes wiled!
onomatopoeia
Dickerson a middle school
Appositive
STOP," I yelled.
"STOP," I yelled.
The golden sun shined on the dry, yellow field as we drove home today, which made it look like a field of shining gems.
setting
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
The astronaut a space explorer
Appositive
"I pads are the wave of the future, "declared Clarissa," there's no doubt about it."
"I pads are the wave of the future "declared Clarissa," there's no doubt about it."
My phone vibrated 10 times before I snatched it from my bedside table and stuffed it into my pillowcase.
Action