hyperbole

His eyes were daggers that cut right through me.

Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better. After you've tried to say this three times fast, what literary term is this an example of (twice even)?

dictionary definition of a word

an appeal based on logic or reason

When is the conflict introduced?

I tried something that my mom made for dinner. It was so awful that before I realized what I was doing, I expectorated it. My mom was furious with me. The word expectorated as used in the above sentence probably means:

Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things, (examples are metaphor, simile, and personification).

appeal to emotion

a long speech in which a character who is usually alone onstage expresses his or her private thoughts or feelings

summary produced without bias or opinion using textual evidence

beginning of a story which tells characters & setting

The teams competed in a David and Goliath struggle.