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  • The girl looked as cozy as a soft kitten when she fell asleep on her blanket.
    simile
  • She was down in the dumps when her friends moved away.
    idiom
  • She was treated like a queen on her birthday.
    simile
  • repeating the beginning sounds of words
    alliteration
  • a common saying or phrase that is not to be taken literally
    idiom
  • Mrs. Chakanetsa was ready to hit the hay after a long day at school.
    idiom
  • Stella sold sixty-six silly salamanders on Sunday.
    alliteration
  • The sun was a glowing ball of fire in the sky.
    metaphor
  • There was a tremendously loud CRASH outside my window on the street.
    onomatopoeia
  • a comparison using the words "like" or "as"
    simile
  • The warm smile of the sun made me happy that summer was finally here.
    personification
  • I had thousands of chores to do before the day was over.
    hyperbole
  • a word that imitates the sound that it represents
    onomatopoeia
  • The bugs went SPLAT on the windshield when we were driving to the campsite.
    onomatopoeia
  • The leaves whistled in the rain.
    personification
  • an exaggeration
    hyperbole
  • Her mother was a teddy bear and everyone loved her.
    metaphor
  • giving human qualities to animals or objects
    personification
  • a comparison where one thing is said to be another
    metaphor
  • I felt like my sister was a million miles away when she left for college.
    hyperbole
  • what the separate words actually mean
    literal
  • Betsy baked better bread with bananas, blueberries, and butter.
    alliteration
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