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  • The king's nose is three feet long.
    hyperbole
  • Life is one big scary roller coaster.
    metaphor
  • She was a good Samaritan.
    allusion
  • The avalanche devoured everything in its way.
    personification
  • My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
    personification
  • To add insult to injury, after my car broke down it started to pour rain!
    idiom
  • Don't act like a Scrooge!
    allusion
  • I was going to go to sleep, but I got a second wind and now I'm cleaning the kitchen.
    idiom
  • Lightning danced across the sky.
    personification
  • I cannot carry your backpack. It weighs a ton!
    hyperbole
  • Sally had a smile that was only rivaled by the Mona Lisa.
    allusion
  • I didn't come to school yesterday because I was feeling under the weather.
    idiom
  • Chocolate is my Achilles' heel.
    allusion
  • Brandon can run faster than a car!
    hyperbole
  • On his first day of school, Braxton was as cool as a cucumber.
    simile
  • Your friend Noah is a big baby!
    metaphor
  • It is so cold in this room that I am going to freeze to death.
    hyperbole
  • When Cameron brought her flowers, her smile was a mile wide.
    hyperbole
  • You are my guardian angel.
    metaphor
  • i'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
    hyperbole
  • You must have a million video games!
    hyperbole
  • He doesn't need to study because he is a regular Einstein.
    allusion
  • Do you think that they will tie the knot?
    idiom
  • Callie has the heart of a lion.
    metaphor
  • Watch out for him. He is a bad egg.
    idiom
  • Alexia heard the last piece of pie calling her name
    personification
  • Thanial walks to class as slow as a turtle.
    simile
  • Cameron feels fresh as a daisy
    simile
  • Without my glasses, I'm as blind as a bat.
    Simile
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