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FIGURES OF SPEECH

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  • The ocean waves lashed out at the boat, and the storm continued to brew.
    Personification
  • Don't just sit there like a bump on a log.
    Simile
  • They are as different as night and day.
    Simile
  • He did not realize that his last chance was walking out the door.
    Personification
  • That joke is so old, the last time I heard it I was riding a dinosaur.
    Hyperbole
  • The wildfire ran through the forest at an amazing speed.
    Personification
  • All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree.
    Metaphor
  • When I was young, I had to walk 15 miles to school, uphill, in the snow.
    Hyperbole
  • The words appeared to leap off of the paper as she read the story.
    Personification
  • The computers at school are old dinosaurs.
    Metaphor
  • You could have knocked me over with a feather.
    Hyperbole
  • I am so thirsty that my throat is as dry as a bone.
    Simile
  • The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage.
    Metaphor
  • I've told you to clean your room a million times!
    Hyperbole
  • The bees played hide and seek with the flowers as they buzzed from one to another.
    Personification
  • The road ahead was a ribbon stretching across the desert.
    Metaphor
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