She was as sweet as pie.

I slept 100 hours last night!

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

The house shivered as snow fell on its roof

crash, boom, bang

The stars in the sky winked.

Outrageous exaggeration

My backpack weighs a ton!

Powerful pandas punch parrots.

The clock went tick-tock.

A dove represents peace.

Give human characteristics to non-human things

a group of lines in a poem

"narrator" of a poem

After eating the curry, his breath reeked of garlic.

The wolf howled painfully.

She's a decent swimmer, but she's not Ariel.

Ask me anything, I'm like Google over here.

Use of language to appeal to the five senses

Language that allows the reader to form a visual image

"There are butterflies in my stomach!' 

"That test was a piece of cake.

"It's raining cats and dogs!"