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Your yellow yarn waved wildly in the wind.

ALLITERATION

The repetition of the beginning sounds of two or more words

ALLITERATION

A phrase or expression that does not make sense LITERALLY

IDIOM

I am not an early bird or a night owl. I am some form of exhausted pigeon.

METAPHOR

Keep your eyes peeled.

IDIOM

Beatrice missed her father most in the mornings. Once the day began and she was pulled in a million different directions, the pain of missing him subsided to a dull ache.

HYPERBOLE

Tova's Scandinavian roots, so kind in her youth, had turned on her as she aged.

PERSONIFICATION

Her hair was a fiery tangle around her shoulders.

METAPHOR

What are the THREE main authors' purposes?

PERSUADE, INFORM, ENTERTAIN

The sky was a dusky purple overhead, stars scattered over its canvas like frozen tears.

SIMILE

Tova's water glass clinks as it hits the counter.

ONOMATOPOEIA

Cool your jets.

IDIOM

She felt that she had gained and lost the world in a single morning.

HYPERBOLE

The tower of tea towels threatens to topple as Tova adds another to the top.

PERSONIFICATION

"There was no trace of the stubborn, proud girl who'd been Daphne's best friend. Her eyes were pools of darkness, her features impassive" (McGee 231).

METAPHOR

"His thick voice is like something out of a mob movie, so Italian and Brooklynn that it sounds almost comical here in Central California" (Van Pelt 97).

SIMILE

An author's or speaker's feelings, revealed through word choice and details included.

TONE

"Barb takes a SLURP of her tea and goes on" (Van Pelt 15).

ONOMATOPOEIA

It's raining cats and dogs.

IDIOM

The entire world seemed to fall still.

HYPERBOLE

Summer is certainly dragging its feet this year.

PERSONIFICATION

Beatrice slid to the floor and hugged her knees. Her gown poufed up around her in a sea of petticoats and flounces.

METAPHOR

"It was meant as a joke, but the words spray out like acid" (Van Pelt).

SIMILE