“Her smile was as bright as the morning sun.”, Metaphor, Personification, Allusion, Simile, “Time is a thief that steals our moments.”, Synecdoche, Metaphor, Understatement, Allusion, “The wind whispered through the trees.”, Simile, Hyperbole, Personification, Metaphor, “I’ve told you a million times not to do that!”, Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Allusion, “It’s just a scratch,” said the man with a deep cut., Simile, Personification, Metaphor, Understatement, “All hands on deck!” (hands = sailors), Synecdoche, Simile, Allusion, Metaphor, “He met his Waterloo when he failed the exam.” (reference to Napoleon’s defeat), Personification, Understatement, Allusion, Metaphor.

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