| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Simile | She was as quiet as a mouse. |
| Metaphor | He was a ray of sunshine. |
| Personification | The pencil danced across the page. |
| Idiom | It was raining cats and dogs. |
| Alliteration | Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. |
| Assonance | The big play of the day made me say, "Hooray!" |
| Hyperbole | She cried a million tears when they broke up. |
| Oxymoron | Her little brother is a sweet pain. |
| Irony | A lifeguard drowning is an example of what? |
| Onomatapoeia | The boxes hit the ground with a huge boom. |
| Allusion | He is very unreliable, a real Peter Pan. |
| Simile | She ran like the wind. |
| Metaphor | He's an open book. |
| Idiom | She really painted the town red. |
| Personification | The haunted house entrance grinned scarily at us. |
| Alliteration | Trying to tie a tie can be trying. |
| Assonance | Please see if enough memory is free. |
| Oxymoron | He cried only happy tears. |
| Hyperbole | I apologized a thousand times, but she's still upset. |
| Irony | An English teacher punctuating something incorrectly is an example of what? |
| Onomatapoeia | The soda fizzed in the glass. |
| Allusion | He is definitely not an Honest Abe. |
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