6. What does "It's raining cats and dogs" really mean?

personification

A figurative language technique in which words resemble the real sound they refer to.

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

flags flutter and flap

I rember the summers with lightening bugs and honeysuckles smell; the cold winters when the field would all be brown and would crackle under my feet.

5. He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.

4. It really burned me up when you yelled at me.

"giggle"

7. The snowman was as fluffy as a marshmallow.

She was as sly as a fox.

Repeated consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning of words. Alliteration is used to create mood or emphasize certain words