The furnace purred like a great, sleepy animal.

The wind howled in the night.

Saying one thing is another when, in fact, the two items are nothing alike at all.

His heart of stone surprised me.

An exaggeration or overstatement used for effect. such statements are not literally true, but people make them sound impressive or to emphasize something."

My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

She's as cold as ice.

frogs croaks, birds whistle

Lightning danced across the sky.

5. "The microwave timer told me dinner was ready." How is this a personification?

Time is money.

15. The thunder was a mighty lion.

11. The boy with straight A’s was a regular Einstein.