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Becky's beagle barked, and bayed, becoming bothersome.
alliteration
"To be or not to be" at school today? That was my question.
Allusion
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
hyperbole or idiom
She had to blow off steam after her fight with her mother.
idiom
He could see the boy through streaked glass, flashing with sunlight, blurring his vision.
imagery
A fire station burns down.
situational irony
Two people are engaged to be married but the audience knows that the man is planning to run away with another woman.
dramatic irony
"The rotten trash needs to go outside because it smells so unbelievably good."
verbal irony
He was a stainless steel ruler, tall, straight and always measured in response.
metaphor
Bang! The plate crashed to the floor.
onomatopoeia
Lightning danced across the sky.
personification
I know it's cheesy, but I feel grate."
pun
I am blind as a bat!
simile
I draw a light bulb over someone's head to show she has an idea.
symbolism
My head was so stuffed; it was like I had a teddy bear between my ears.
simile
I was a missile, launched and headed for my boss's office.
metaphor
