Metaphor, Simile, Alliteration, Hyperbole, and Poetry Review
Example :: The blue shirt was a deep sky-blue.
Example :: “That ball is yellow like the sun.”
Examples :: Bed Bath & Beyond
Krispy Kreme
Examples :: That man was as tall as a skyscraper.
The hole was so deep I could see China.
My cat likes mice. A
My cat is fat B
I like my cat. B
What is this an example of?
Those girls are like two peas in a pod.
Compares the girls to peas in a pod.
The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath.
Says that the bar of soap was a slippery eel
The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day.
Pillow is a cloud
The fluorescent light was the sun during the test.
Saying the fluorescent light was hot like a sun
The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves.
Baby is like an octopus.
That test took 40 years to complete!
Does a test ever take 40 years?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
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Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers.
He dunked the delicious donut in dairy creamer.
He Dunked the Delicious Donut in Dairy creamer.
In a house the size of a postage stamp
lived a man as big as a barge.
The house cannot be the size of an actual postage stamp and a man could not be the size of a ship.
The gentle giant jumped in jubilation.
The Gentle Giant Jumped in Jubilation.
Example ::
I started on my homework
but my pen ran out of ink.
My hamster ate my homework.
My computer’s on the blink.
I started on my homework
but my pen ran out of ink.
My hamster ate my homework.
My computer’s on the blink.
Ink B
Homework A
Blink B
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