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The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

Personification

Break a leg!

Idiom

His new girlfriend really is pretty ugly.

Oxymoron

Huh Sob Kerplunk

Onomatopeia

My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

Personification

The police station gets robbed

Irony

Slurp Brrr Splat

Onomatopeia

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

Alliteration

To smell a rat

Idiom

She sells seashells by the sea-shore

Alliteration

There is a real love hate relationship developing between the two of them.

Oxymoron

That man is as tall as a house.

Hyperbole

Lightning danced across the sky

Personification

He's running faster than the wind

Hyperbole

The shopping cost me a million dollars.

Hyperbole

They fought like cats and dogs.

Similie

Original copy

Oxymorn

Act naturally.

Oxymoron

Her singing was enough to raise the living dead.

Oxymoron

He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys.

Similie

"She was fishing for compliments."

Metaphor

This is another fine mess you have got us into.

Oxymoron

The other day I held the door open for a clown. I thought it was a nice jester.

PUN

This bag weighs a ton.

Hyperbole

Cheep Moo Whimper

Onomatopoeia

After hours of waiting for the bowling alley to open, we finally got the ball rolling.

PUN

Laughter is the music of the soul.

Metaphor

Ka-boom Boom Beep

Onomatopoeia

To spill the tea

Idiom

John's suggestion was just a Band-Aid for the problem.

Metaphor

Your explanation is as clear as mud

Similie

A chicken crossing the road is truly poultry in motion.

PUN

When you get an "F" on your term paper and say, "Wow, I did a really good job on my term paper!" That is?

Irony

Always trust a glue salesman. They tend to stick to their word.

PUN

She's going through a rollercoaster of emotions.

Metaphor