I haven't seen you in ages!
simile
hyperbole
allusion
metaphor
You are my sunshine.
personification
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
“I couldn’t catch my breath” (Buyea 53).
hyperbole
idiom
metaphor
simile
“It zinged through the air on its mission like a missile from a fighter jet” ( Buyea 53).
idiom
onomatopoeia
allusion
personification
“The sky was a blue ocean with sailboats made of clouds sailing across the sky.”
simile
allusion
hyperbole
imagery
“Her perfume drifted by me, a garden of fresh roses in bloom.”
imagery
allusion
simile
personification
"I was the new girl, and my arrival pushed her out of the group" (Buyea 39).
personification
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
imagery
The whoosh of the wind outside was scary!
onomatopoeia
metaphor
alliteration
idiom
The little children licked cherry lollipops.
allusion
idiom
alliteration
onomatopoeia
“She had more to get off her chest” (Buyea 65).
idiom
simile
hyperbole
allusion
The cat meowed for some milk.
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
imagery
personification
"I'm Juliet to your Romeo".
hyperbole
personification
allusion
simile
“It was like I sucked all the excitement out of the classroom with a gigantic vacuum hose” (Buyea 113).
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metaphor
hyperbole
personification
I'll skydive when pigs fly!
allusion
hyperbole
simile
idiom
“The butterflies in my stomach fluttered as if I were on a Tilt-A-Whirl” (Buyea 6).
simile
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
“Our playdate was perfect, and it flew by like a day at the amusement park” (Buyea 104).
metaphor
hyperbole
imagery
simile
“Little did I know that something much bigger was coming our way” (Buyea 88).
hyperbole
allusion
imagery
foreshadowing
The classroom was a zoo!
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
The camera loves her!
hyperbole
simile
personification
metaphor
“Love poured from him” (Buyea 64).
personification
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
“This drives him nuts, and I love it” (Buyea 85)
hyperbole
idiom
simile
personification
Life is a journey!
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
allusion
"Then the screech of the fire alarm pounded against my ears" (Buyea 103).
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
simile
“What rock are you living under?” (Buyea 122).
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
idiom
“I think what happened on the soccer field just set us up for disaster later on” (Buyea 55).
metaphor
idiom
foreshadowing
hyperbole
The limp plant was crying out for water.
idiom
hyperbole
allusion
personification
“I almost died of laughter” (Buyea 53).
idiom
personification
hyperbole
simile
"The swish of the basketball through the hoop excited the crowd."
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
personification
simile
"To me, his grin is like kryptonite."
allusion
imagery
hyperbole
personification
I've told you a million times!
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
imagery