I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

It's raining cats and dogs outside.

The train is as slow as a sloth.

The strongman is a weightlifting machine.

The computer in the classroom is a dinosaur.

Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.

It is a wacky and weird kind of week.

Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Dan's dog dove deep in the dirty water.

Wow, he is a real Romeo; he is so romantic.

She had the feeling she had a golden ticket.

Cheese is my kryptonite, it is my weakness.

There is an Einstein among the physics students.

My homework took me a million years to complete.

It is so cold in the classroom that it could start snowing.

The sea whispered my name as the waves crawled up the shore.

The moon was resting in the night sky.

The sun's rays smiled down upon us.

The snake hissed at us as we walked by.

The athlete heard her knee pop and knew she was injured.

The water bottle clattered to the floor after it was knocked over.

The race car whooshed by us as we sat in the stands.

I was so hungry that I ate, and ate, and ate until I was full.

He was slowly creeping, creeping, creeping closer and closer to the bedroom door.

It was the coldest autumn on record. All signs pointed to the harshest winter yet. They barely survived the last one.

In The Outsiders it states that after being attacked Johnny began carrying a switchblade, if he was attacked again he would use it.

“Wouldn’t it be funny if it rained the day of the big game?”

“I swear I’ll never work at a grocery store ever again!”

She thought back to the night Papa left. He promised to return with riches from the west, but that was years ago.

A woman is about to get married. As she puts on her veil, she remembers her fiancé three years before, swearing he would make her his wife someday.

In The Outsiders Ponyboy recounts the story of Johnny being jumped to Cherry.

At the end of the movie Ratatouille, the food makes the critic remember food his mother cooked for him when he was a child.

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Term	Example
Idiom	I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Idiom	It's raining cats and dogs outside.
Idiom	Can you give me a hand.
Idiom	Use your head.
Simile	He is as tall as an oak tree.
Simile	He is fast like a cheetah.
Simile	He laughs like a hyena.
Simile	The train is as slow as a sloth.
Metaphor	He is a night owl.
Metaphor	The dog is a pig when he eats.
Metaphor	The strongman is a weightlifting machine.
Metaphor	The computer in the classroom is a dinosaur.
Alliteration	Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.
Alliteration	It is a wacky and weird kind of week.
Alliteration	Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration	Dan's dog dove deep in the dirty water.
Allusion	Wow, he is a real Romeo; he is so romantic.
Allusion	She had the feeling she had a golden ticket.
Allusion	Cheese is my kryptonite, it is my weakness.
Allusion	There is an Einstein among the physics students.
Hyperbole	Today is the worst day ever!
Hyperbole	My homework took me a million years to complete.
Hyperbole	It is so cold in the classroom that it could start snowing.
Hyperbole	My feet are killing me!
Personification	The sea whispered my name as the waves crawled up the shore.
Personification	The moon was resting in the night sky.
Personification	The trees waved in the breeze.
Personification	The sun's rays smiled down upon us.
Onomatopoeia	The snake hissed at us as we walked by.
Onomatopoeia	The athlete heard her knee pop and knew she was injured.
Onomatopoeia	The water bottle clattered to the floor after it was knocked over.
Onomatopoeia	The race car whooshed by us as we sat in the stands.
Repetition	I was so hungry that I ate, and ate, and ate until I was full.
Repetition	He was slowly creeping, creeping, creeping closer and closer to the bedroom door.
Repetition	Home sweet home.
Repetition	it is what it is.
Foreshadowing	It was the coldest autumn on record. All signs pointed to the harshest winter yet. They barely survived the last one.
Foreshadowing	In The Outsiders it states that after being attacked Johnny began carrying a switchblade, if he was attacked again he would use it.
Foreshadowing	“Wouldn’t it be funny if it rained the day of the big game?”
Foreshadowing	“I swear I’ll never work at a grocery store ever again!”
Flashback	She thought back to the night Papa left. He promised to return with riches from the west, but that was years ago.
Flashback	A woman is about to get married. As she puts on her veil, she remembers her fiancé three years before, swearing he would make her his wife someday.
Flashback	In The Outsiders Ponyboy recounts the story of Johnny being jumped to Cherry.
Flashback	At the end of the movie Ratatouille, the food makes the critic remember food his mother cooked for him when he was a child.

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