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35 Cards in this Set
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Her hair was like gravy, running brown off her head and clumping up on her shoulders.
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simile
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You are like a hurricane: there's calm in your eye, but I'm getting blown away
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simile
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fingers as cold as ice cubes
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simile
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hair blacker than midnight
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simile
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a voice like the cound of fingernails scraping the blackboard
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simile
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The crowd began to simmer down.
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metaphor
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a sea of troubles
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metaphor
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all the world is a stage
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metaphor
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The teacher descended upon the exams, sank his talons into their pages, ripped the answers to shreds, and then, perching in his chair, began to digest
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metaphor
(cool metaphor huh?) |
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He was eager to walk but his legs were rubber
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metaphor
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Cars dance across the icy road
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personification
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The heat ripped the breath from her lungs
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personification
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Art is a jealous mistress.
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personification(and metaphor too.. i think)
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I am silver and exact.
I have no preconceptions. Whatever I see I swallow immediately Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike. I am not cruel, only truthful-- |
personification
(it's a mirror lol) |
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smile played about his mouth
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personification
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My sister used so much makeup, she broke a chisel trying to get it off last night!
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exaggeration/hyperbole
(ROFL!!) |
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My teacher is so old, she showed us a yearbook from 1500 B.C.!
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exaggeration/hyperbole
(pshh.. yeah right, lmfao!) |
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My dog is so ugly, you could shave its butt and it would look like it was walking backwards
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exaggeration/hyperbole
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You could have knocked me over with a feather
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exaggeration/hyperbole
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The skin on her face was as thin and drawn as tight as the skin of onion and her eyes were gray and sharp like the points of two picks
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exaggeration/hyperbole
(and simile too!) |
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I know a little about running a company. (a successful businessman say.)
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understatement
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I think we have slightly different opinions on this topic.
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understatement
(instead of: I don't agree with you at all.) |
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(it's 125 degrees today) "it's a little bit warm today..."
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understatement
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(the test was obviously easy) "the test was so hard!!"
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understatement
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(visiting a friend in hospital who has a serious injury)
he says: well, i have been better |
understatement
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Listen to the bee buzz by
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onomatopoeia
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Click the button and take a picture!!
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onomatopoeia
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The fire is crackling in the dark
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onomatopoeia
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"Flush the toilet, dude!!"
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onomatopoeia
(i madee this up.. really bad, i know lol!) |
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Dave whooshed down the hill
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onomatopoeia
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Lincoln delivered his speech to the audience
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antecedent
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I returned his book back.
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antecedent
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a can of lima beans sits on its shelf
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antecedent
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both do a good job in their office duty
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antecedent
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Some of the sugar fell out of its bag
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antecedent
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