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  • The man held the blanket like a memory.
    Simile
  • The handshake felt like warm laundry.
    Simile
  • One unhappy icicle wasted away in the day.
    Personification
  • The cast on Michael’s broken leg was a plaster shackle.
    Metaphor
  • After eating candy, Billy ran around like a chicken with his head cut off
    Idiom
  • The heart wants what the heart wants.
    Personification
  • The angry storm pounded the tin shelter.
    Personification
  • These shoes are killing me.
    Hyperbole
  • Old Mr. Johnson has been teaching here since the Stone Age.
    Hyperbole
  • I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
    Hyperbole
  • The sun smiled down on her.
    Personification
  • You're walking slower than a snail.
    Hyperbole
  • Forget knocking it out of the park, Frank can knock a baseball off the continent.
    Hyperbole
  • The blanket was as soft as clouds.
    Simile
  • Arguing with her was like dueling with hand grenades.
    Simile
  • The quarter back was running out of steam
    Idiom
  • Her eyes were fireflies.
    Metaphor
  • She was just a trophy to Ricardo, another object to possess.
    Metaphor
  • The metal screamed as he hit the breaks.
    Personification
  • I am on cloud nine.
    Idiom
  • That was always my Achilles’ heel.
    Allusion
  • Yeah, I already beat that game 80,000 years ago.
    Hyperbole
  • His head was as big as a hot air balloon
    Simile
  • The bottle rolled off the table like a teardrop.
    Simile
  • That new car cost an arm and a leg
    Idiom
  • The smell of donuts is like kryptonite to me.
    Allusion
  • It is hot as Hades in here without the AC.
    Allusion
  • Bob’s new corner office was just the icing on the cake
    Idiom
  • My students are angels.
    Metaphor
  • He entered the dark house and spotted the candle sitting there.
    Symbol
  • You're walking on thin ice.
    Idiom
  • I love you to the moon and back.
    Hyperbole
  • Nobody listens to that song anymore.
    Hyperbole
  • The moon turned over to face the day.
    Personification
  • The path of resentment is easier to travel than the road to forgiveness.
    Metaphor
  • She hung her head like a dying flower.
    Simile
  • The traffic noises argued long into the night and finally Cal went to sleep.
    Personification
  • That girl is the Einstein of his math class.
    Allusion
  • Pot calling the kettle black
    Idiom
  • The cat’s fur was a blanket of warmth.
    Metaphor
  • I wish I could just click my heels and be back home.
    Allusion
  • My mother’s kitchen was like a holy place: you couldn’t wear your shoes, you had to sit there at a certain time, and occasionally we’d pray.
    Simile
  • Waves of spam emails inundated his inbox.
    Metaphor
  • Tom said that he changed but actions speak louder than words
    Idiom
  • Thunder grumbled and raindrops reported for duty.
    Personification
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