Metaphor: Her voice was music to my ears, He's a rock in tough times, He smile was sunshine on a rainy day, Life is a roller coaster, His mind is a sponge, soaking up every fact, Simile: The night was as quiet as a library, She was as fast as a cheetah on the track, His backpack was as heavy as a pile of bricks, He yelled like a lion defending his territory, Her smile was as bright as the sun, Hyperbole: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!, This backpack weighs a ton, I've told you a million times to clean your room, My brain is going to explode if I study one more minute, She ran faster than the speed of light, Idiom: A new computer costs an arm and a leg, Money doesn't grow on trees, Break a leg, The science quiz was a piece of cake, I'm feeling a bit under the weather today, Personification: The car groaned as it climbed up the hill, The wind whispered through the trees, My alarm clock screamed at me to get up, The angry storm pounded on the roof all night, The leaves danced in the breeze, Onomatopoeia: The door creaked open slowly, The bacon sizzled in the pan, The fire crackled as we sat around it, The bee buzzed past my ear, The balloon popped loudly in the quiet room, Pun: The math book looked sad because it had too many problems, I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down!, I used to be a baker, but I couldn’t make enough dough, I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger, then it hit me, I’m on a seafood diet. I see food and I eat it., Alliteration: Tim’s tiny turtle took a trip to the turtle pond, Peter’s perfect pumpkin pie pleased the party guests, The wild wind whipped wildly through the willows, Busy bees buzzed by blooming begonias, The clever cat climbed cautiously up the crooked cedar,

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