One

thing is explicitly compared to another using the like, as.. Example: Susie is as quiet as a mouse and as tall as a giraffe.

term or phrase is applied to something to which is not literally applicable in order to suggest as resemblance, as in A mighty fortress is our God. Example: She was a hippo compared to her aunt.

Attribution

of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure. Example: The sun opened its sleepy eyes and smiled down on the Earth as a new day began.

Uses

an extravagant or exaggerated statement to express strong feelings. Example: They had been walking so long John thought he might drink the entire lake when they came upon it.

Breaking

off discourse to address some absent person or thing, some abstract quality, an inanimate object, or a nonexistent character. Example: Rizal, wake up! Save our country from plundering politicians.

pair of opposite or contradictory terms are used together for emphasis. Example: Organized chaos, Same difference.

Use

of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. A statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of idea. Example: Thank you for breaking my heart.

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She is as meek as a lamb. 2. His mind is like a sponge. 3. The lion was a friendly kitten. 4. His mind is a computer. 5. The leaves of the trees were whispering to one another.

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Oh, Mother, how I wish you were here to see the sight. 7. She cried forever! 8. Parting is such a sweet sorrow. 9. Less is more. 10. Thank you for hurting me.

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Time, you old gypsy man, will you not stay? 2. Ive been waiting for eternity. 3. It is kinder to be cruel to her this time. 4. The clouds cried a torrent of tears. 5. The man is a diamond in the

Formation

of a word, as a cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent. Example: Bark! Bark! went the dog as he chased that vroomed past.

Cock-a-doodle-do, crowed the rooster. The clock goes ticktock. The cow says moo all day long. With the click of a mouse I can open another window on my computer. The duck quacked at the bird. Zip up your pants. The birds like to tweet outside my window. Don't belch so loud. I was so cold my teeth were chattering. I heard the bees buzzing.

Clap your hands a little louder. Don't bam on that table again. If the dog barks again take him outside. The water bubbled up from the sink. Eek ! I saw a mouse. The symbals gave a clink and a clang as we marched with the band. Thump him on the head to get his attention. I heard the whizz of the ball as he hit a home run. My teacher told me to shoosh , because I was making too much noise. I heard a knock at the door.

Reference

to a famous character or event Example: Like Hercules, he is so strong.

"Romeo"

makes an allusion to the famous young lover in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

The

repetition of an initial consonant sound. Example: "Comedragging the lazy languid Line along".

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers; A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers

Repetition

of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive verses. Example: She didnt speak, she didnt stand, she didnt even look up when we came in.

"I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun." (Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, 1940)

"But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition." (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream," 1963)

"In God's name, you people are the real thing. We are the illusion! "So turn off your television sets. Turn them off now! Turn them off right now! Turn them off and leave them off. Turn them off right in the middle of this sentence I'm speaking to you now. "Turn them off!" (Peter Finch as television anchorman Howard Beale in Network, 1976)

1. Freds friends fried Fritos for Fridays food. 2. Like Romeo, her boyfriend is a courageous lover. 3. "Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in public and private life, have been the consequences of action without thought." (attributed to Bernard Baruch) 4. "Hark, hark! Bow-wow. The watch-dogs bark! Bow-wow. Hark, hark! I hear The strain of strutting chanticleer Cry, 'cock-a-diddle-dow!'" (Ariel in William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Act One, scene 2)

5. I'm not afraid to die. I'm not afraid to live. I'm not afraid to fail. I'm not afraid to succeed. I'm not afraid to fall in love. I'm not afraid to be alone. I'm just afraid I might have to stop talking about myself for five minutes." (Kinky Friedman, When the Cat's Away, 1988) 6. "Bang! went the pistol, Crash! went the window Ouch! went the son of a gun. 7. Nicks nephew needed new notebooks now not never.

8. The birds in the tree went cheep, cheep, cheep until they were fed. 9. Dans dog dove deep in the dam, drinking dirty water as he dove. 10. Here comes the shadow not looking where it is going, And the whole night will fall; it is time. Here comes the little wind which the hour Drags with it everywhere like an empty wagon through leaves. Here comes my ignorance shuffling after them Asking them what they are doing." (W.S. Merwin, "Sire." The Second Four Books of Poems. Copper Canyon Press, 1993)

Identity

or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words. Example: The crown is down.

"I

must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless." - "With Love" by Thin Lizzy "glade," "frail," "grace," and "trailed "Try to light the fire"

Consists

of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. Example: Not bad (meaning very good)

Einstein is not a bad mathematician.

"Good." "[...] a very impressive city." "The warrior has a use for the sword now." "He was acquainted with the works of Dickens." "She's old." "He's ugly." "Like..." "You are correct."

"Not bad." "[...] no ordinary city." "That [sword] was not useless / to the warrior now." "He was not unfamiliar with the works of Dickens." "She is not as young as she was." "He's no oil painting." "Not unlike..." "You are not wrong."