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  • an extreme exaggeration
    hyperbole
  • He is cool as a cucumber.
    simile
  • The baby duck was light as a feather.
    simile
  • He has a heart of gold.
    metaphor
  • I am freezing!
    hyperbole
  • Zoe zipped zagged and zoomed to the zoo.
    alliteration
  • Even elephants enjoy eggs.
    alliteration
  • She is an angel.
    metaphor
  • This weighs a ton!
    hyperbole
  • The book painted a picture of a hard life on the prairie.
    personification
  • I am never going to finish the work.
    hyperbole
  • Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.
    alliteration
  • The sly snake slithered slowly.
    alliteration
  • That assignment was a piece of cake.
    metaphor
  • He is a busy bee.
    metaphor
  • a direct comparison between two objects or concepts does not use the words like or as
    metaphor
  • She sells seashells by the seashore.
    alliteration
  • The flowers begged for water in the heat of the summer.
    personification
  • an indirect comparison that typically uses like or as
    simile
  • I am dying of laughter!
    hyperbole
  • The stars winked at me as I stood by the campfire.
    personification
  • repetition of beginning consonant sound in a group of words
    alliteration
  • He can swim like a fish.
    simile
  • His smile was a mile wide when he saw the new bike in the garage.
    hyperbole
  • He is as quick as a fox.
    simile
  • Tater tots are happiness on a plate.
    metaphor
  • gives human traits to something that is not human
    personification
  • That soda is calling my name.
    personification
  • The sky was crying on this sad day.
    personification
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