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Mike made mellow music with his microphone
Alliteration
He is as strong as an ox
Idiom
The snow is a white blanket
Metaphor
The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his youth.
Imagery- taste
My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
Personification
My dad will kill me when he comes home.
Hyperbole
A pilot has a fear of heights.
Irony
Bright stars lit up the sky in beautiful and varied constellations which were sprinkled across the astronomical landscape
Imagery- visual
It is not unusual for a dog to bark when visitors arrive.
Onomatopoeia
Oh, woeful, oh woeful, woeful, woeful day!
Repetition
And then he said…
Ellipsis
Hear the mellow wedding bells
Assonance
I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless.
Assonance
The clinching interlocking claws, a living, fierce, gyrating wheel,
Four beating wings, two beaks, a swirling mass tight grappling
Dissonance
Act naturally.
Oxymoron
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
Juxtaposition
The defenseless victims were attacked in the cover of night.
Emotive language
Tolstoy was a great pacifist and was once lecturing on the need to be nonresistant and nonviolent towards all creatures. Someone in the audience responded by asking what should be done if one was attacked in the woods by a tiger. Tolstoy responded, “Do the best you can. It doesn’t happen very often.”
Anecdote
The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage.
Metaphor
You are my sunshine.
Metaphor
This dress is perfect because it fits like a glove.
Simile
I am so thirsty that my throat is as dry as a bone.
Simile
As I tumbled down the hill, the loose rocks raced alongside me, pricking my hands and face like a hundred tiny knives.
Imagery- tactile
The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward
Imagery- sound
The sunset was the most gorgeous they’d ever seen; the clouds were edged with pink and gold.
Imagery- visual
Lenin was cruel, which Gladstone was not; Lenin had no respect for tradition, whereas Gladstone had a great deal; Lenin considered all means legitimate for securing the victory of his party, whereas for Gladstone politics was a game with certain rules that must be observed.
Contrast
