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  • Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.
    Onomatopoeia
  • It was a dark night. No noises. No sounds. Just the light shade of the moon could be seen.
    Short sentences
  • Ticktock, ticktock… the sound of the clock was all that could be heard
    Onomatopoeia
  • shush, giggle, honk, beep
    Onomatopoeia
  • I wandered lonely as a cloud
    Pathetic fallacy
  • She passed the exam EASILY.
    Adverb
  • Lightning danced across the sky.
    Personification
  • The ivy wove its fingers around the fence.
    Personification
  • My teacher is a dragon.
    Metaphor
  • 'A friendly sun shone down brightly on the party guests as they arrived in the garden.'
    Pathetic fallacy
  • Bitter, pungent, bright, smooth, shrill
    The 5 senses
  • “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,”
    Repetition
  • I thought the movie ended ABRUPTLY
    Adverb
  • “The water made a sound like kittens lapping.”
    Simile
  • “Her eyes were diamonds.”
    Metaphor
  • As cold as ice
    simile
  • “Peter Piper picked a pot of pickled peppers.”
    Alliteration
  • He writes MEANINGLESS letters.
    Adjectives
  • 'Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.'
    Repetition
  • "Oh my god, I haven't seen you in a million years,"
    Hyperbole
  • quick, beautiful outstanding miserable
    Adjectives
  • His brothers fight like cats and dogs
    simile
  • The sweet aroma of the freshly baked chocolate chip cookies wafted from the kitchen to the living room, causing Greg’s stomach to rumble.
    5 senses - smell
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