I have a million things to do today.

Alissa is an angel.

The bacon was sizzling on the stove.

Maria was as graceful as a swan.

Ryan gives Rachel red roses regularly.

Hold your horses!

A comparison of two things using like or as.

A direct comparison of two things.

A word that sounds like the sound it names.

When the beginning sound of a word is repeated two or more times in a phrase or sentence.

When an object is given human qualities.

An extreme exaggeration.

A common saying with a meaning completely different from its dictionary meaning.

A contraction of they are.

Indicates something belongs to them.

Refers to a place.

__________ reading books.

The cats are eating ________ food.

My house is over ___________.