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It’s an open secret that they have been having an affair for the past six months.
Oxymoron
She was terribly pleased with her Birthday present.
Oxymoron
Parting is such sweet sorrow.
Oxysmoron
The machine whirred to a standstill.
Onomatopoeia
I couldn’t sleep. All I could hear was the drip, drip, drip of the faulty faucet.
Onomatopoeia
The clap of thunder went bang and scared my poor dog.
Onomatopoeia
The people who still lived in the town were stuck in place like wax statues.
Simile
Cassie talked to her son about girls as though she were giving him tax advice.
Simile
If seen from above the factory, the workers would have looked like clock parts.
Simile
Toby manipulated the people in his life as though they were chess pieces.
Simile
Peggy heard the last piece of cheesecake in the refrigerator calling her name.
Personification
The buses can be impatient around here.
Personification
Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.
Personification
The buses can be impatient around here.
Personification
Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.
Hyperbole
Charlie gazed hopelessly at the endless pile of bills stretching across the counter.
Hyperbole
Nothing can bother him.
Hyperbole
Old Mr. Johnson has been teaching here since the Stone Age.
Hyperbole
Allie has a million pairs of shoes in her closet.
Hyperbole
Patty drank from a bottomless glass of Kool-Aid.
Hyperbole
My dad is always working.
Hyperbole
His cotton candy words did not appeal to her taste.
Metaphor
Waves of spam emails inundated his inbox.
Metaphor
That woman is the cancer of my dreams and aspirations.
Metaphor
Time is money.
Metaphor
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