Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.

A comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing IS the other.

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

The west wind dances down the road.

Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.

When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.

The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.

Happy Harry handles handsprings horribly.

The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran across the ice.

The snow on the ski hill was powdered sugar.

I’d catch a grenade for you.

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words that are close together.

The stars in the night sky were diamonds scattered across a velvet blanket.

The thunder grumbled like an old man.

The leaves whispered secrets to the wind.