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The computers at school are old dinosaurs.
Metaphor
The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage.
Metaphor
The road ahead was a ribbon stretching across the desert.
Metaphor
Don't just sit there like a bump on a log.
Simile
I am so thirsty that my throat is as dry as a bone.
Simile
The bees played hide and seek with the flowers as they buzzed from one to another.
Personification
The ocean waves lashed out at the boat, and the storm continued to brew.
Personification
The words appeared to leap off of the paper as she read the story.
Personification
The wildfire ran through the forest at an amazing speed.
Personification
I've told you to clean your room a million times!
Hyperbole
That joke is so old, the last time I heard it I was riding a dinosaur.
Hyperbole
When I was young, I had to walk 15 miles to school, uphill, in the snow.
Hyperbole
You could have knocked me over with a feather.
Hyperbole
They are as different as night and day.
Simile
He did not realize that his last chance was walking out the door.
Personification
All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree.
Metaphor
