"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
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
The tower of tea towels threatens to topple as Tova adds another to the top.
PERSONIFICATION
"It was meant as a joke, but the words spray out like acid" (Van Pelt).
SIMILE
The sky was a dusky purple overhead, stars scattered over its canvas like frozen tears.
SIMILE
Cool your jets.
IDIOM
"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
Summer is certainly dragging its feet this year.
PERSONIFICATION
Your yellow yarn waved wildly in the wind.
ALLITERATION
The repetition of the beginning sounds of two or more words
ALLITERATION
Tova's Scandinavian roots, so kind in her youth, had turned on her as she aged.
PERSONIFICATION
An author's or speaker's feelings, revealed through word choice and details included.
TONE
Her hair was a fiery tangle around her shoulders.
METAPHOR
Tova's water glass clinks as it hits the counter.
ONOMATOPOEIA
It's raining cats and dogs.
IDIOM
"Barb takes a SLURP of her tea and goes on" (Van Pelt 15).
ONOMATOPOEIA
A phrase or expression that does not make sense LITERALLY
IDIOM
She felt that she had gained and lost the world in a single morning.
HYPERBOLE
Keep your eyes peeled.
IDIOM
Beatrice slid to the floor and hugged her knees. Her gown poufed up around her in a sea of petticoats and flounces.
METAPHOR
I am not an early bird or a night owl. I am some form of exhausted pigeon.
METAPHOR
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