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  • The wind sighed through the field of wheat
    personification
  • The electric car hummed to itself at the traffic lights
    onomatopoeia
  • As the fighter jet went supersonic, a deep boom was heard across the sky
    onomatopoeia
  • Tell me this joke then - I'm all ears
    idiom
  • Wasps and flies buzzed around our picnic in the garden
    onomatopoeia
  • You've already told me that story a million times.
    hyperbole
  • Tim, Sam and Ali are great friends; they're like the three Musketeers
    simile
  • Good friends will always stick up for each other
    idiom
  • The champion’s tennis racket whooshed as it sliced through the air
    onomatopoeia
  • The model's beautiful teeth were pearls in his smile
    metaphor
  • The bouncing baby babbled as he drank his bottle
    alliteration
  • You are the sunshine of my life
    metaphor
  • Ten calculations!? That will take days!
    hyperbole
  • The floorboards moaned as I tiptoed across the room
    personification
  • Don’t you feel well? You're as white as a sheet
    simile
  • The fabric cascaded out of the cupboard in a rainbow of colours
    metaphor
  • The steam train hissed as it waited in the station
    onomatopoeia
  • Those new Crispy Crunch Cream biscuit bars sound delicious!
    alliteration
  • The reception children played in the sandpit like a litter of puppies
    simile
  • The spicy food danced around my taste buds
    personification
  • The TV beckoned to me as I struggled through my homework
    personification
  • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
    alliteration
  • My bag weighs a tonne
    hyperbole
  • Bethany could sleep through an earthquake
    hyperbole
  • The pool was so cold I was surprised that there weren't any penguins swimming in it!
    hyperbole
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