English Examples For Pei

Front 1

"We are not just a business or a company; we are a family(tell what this passage is an example of)

Back 1

metaphor

Front 2

"No man is an island . . ."

Back 2

metaphor

Front 3

"Ripeness is all . . . "

Back 3

metaphor

Front 4

Her hair was like gravy, running brown off her head and clumping up on her shoulders.
(i swear i didn't come up with these... they are off the internet)

Back 4

simile

Front 5

The air-lifted rhinoceros hit the ground like a garbage bag filled with split pea soup.

Back 5

simile

Front 6

Confusion heards his voice.'' from Paradise Lost - Book 3 by John Milton

Back 6

personification

Front 7

"And like the flowers beside them chill and shiver,

Back 7

personification

Front 8

We'll cook it in the oven and
we'll serve it up on China."

Back 8

exaggeration

Front 9

"I'm hungry! I could swallow Wales!"
the little giant cried.

Back 9

exaggeration

Front 10

"He's no dummy!"

Back 10

understatement

Front 11

"That's not bad."

Back 11

understatement

Front 12

"It was not an inconsiderable sum of money."

Back 12

understatement

Front 13

Clackity, clack, the train rushes down the track

Back 13

onomatopoeia

Front 14

Swoosh went the basketball as it fell through the hoop

Back 14

onomatopoeia

Front 15

Bang!Ouch! Yuck!

Back 15

onomatopeia

Front 16

Clink! Ding! Smash!

Back 16

Onomatopeia

Front 17

Ka-boom!

Back 17

onomatopoeia

Front 18

Jane lost a glove and she can't find it.

Back 18

Jane is the antecendent of shek and glove is the antecendent of it

Front 19

Mary wondered whether she should go to the party

Back 19

mary is the antecendent of she

Front 20

The test was difficult for Dave, who had not studied.

Back 20

dave is the antecendent of who

Front 21

I saw five fish fly past

Back 21

alliteration

Front 22

She picked purple peppers

Back 22

alliteration

Front 23

“How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.

Back 23

irony

Front 24

i said thanks when my sister threw an apple at me

Back 24

irony

Front 25

Houston, we have parents!

Back 25

allusion

Front 26

PiTTer PaTTEr

Back 26

consenance

Front 27

CLiTTeR CLaTTeR"

Back 27

consenances

Front 28

blank and blink

Back 28

consenance

Front 29

strong and string

Back 29

consenace

Front 30

follow the red brick road

Back 30

allusion

Front 31

Toenails are my favourite colour, green.
Toenails are a very good source of Vitamin C.
Toenails are what I throw at my sister when she takes too long in the bathroom.
Toenails are the knife of a foot.
Toenails get caught in the carpet and trip you over

Back 31

refrain

Front 32

When I was young I used to put a lot of salsa on my chips but now I put cheese on my chips

When I was young I used to play with barbies and now I play basket ball

When I was young I used to ride a on my bike with training wheels but now I ride my skate board

When I was young I used to watch barney and sing alongs
but now i watch MTV and Nickelodeon.

Back 32

refrain

Front 33

"He has a brain the size of a pinhead."

Back 33

hyperbole

Front 34

"I could eat a horse."

Back 34

hyperbole

Front 35

"I've heard that a billion and one times."

Back 35

hyperbole

Front 36

15 minutes of fame

Back 36

Andy Warhol, a twentieth-century American artist most famous for his pop-art images of Campbell soup cans and Marilyn Monroe, commented on the explosion of media coverage by saying, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes."

-allusion

Front 37

"What is this i see? Oh Kate, you be going crazy you silly old thing! Oh well... your going to need to take a nap when yo get home." (i'm talking to myself)

Back 37

interior momologue

Front 38

Youthful Mercury. "What's this 'ere on the plyte? 'Knock and ring'! Blowed if they won't be harsking yer to 'walk hinside', next!!"

Back 38

interior monologue

Front 39

"Oh my gosh! I can't belive she is talking about me! It's ok Kate. Just calm down!" (talking to myself)

Back 39

interior monolohue

Front 40

The cat ate the mouse

Back 40

ate is the passive voice

Front 41

The mouse was eaten by the cat

Back 41

was eaten is the passive vioce

Front 42

"some ship in distress that cannot ever live."

Back 42

assonance

Front 43

Hear the mellow wedding bells

Back 43

assonance

Front 44

And murmuring of innumerable bees

Back 44

assonance

Front 45

Snug as a gun

Back 45

assonance... i think it could also be allusion but i put it here because it IS an example of assonance

Front 46

The crumbling thunder of seas

Back 46

assonance

Front 47

1, 2, Buckle my shoe.
3, 4 Shut the door.
5, 6 Pick up sticks.
7, 8 Lay them straight.
9, 10 A big fat hen

Back 47

rhyme

Front 48

Anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
Spring, summer, autumn, winter,
He sang his didn't he danced his did.
Women and men (both little and small)
Cared for anyone not at all
They sowed their isn't they reaped
their sun, moon, stars, rain.

Back 48

rhyme

Front 49

(point of view)
as john walked to school thinking of emily she couldn't help thinking of him also

Back 49

omniscient

Front 50

(point of view)
the teacher was angry at the class and the class was just as angry with the teacher

Back 50

omniscient

Front 51

(point of view)
I went to the restuatant
with my friends after school and the food was good but i don't thik lisa liked it.

Back 51

first person

Front 52

(point of view)
i could tell she got a bad grade on her final by the look on her face. i was glad i wasn't her

Back 52

first person

Front 53

(point of view)
she knew she was introuble. She wondered what her mother was thinking when she found out.

Back 53

third person

Front 54

(point of view)
Billy the dog could tell something was wrong but didn't know what.

Back 54

third person

Front 55

He went to a party and she opened the door. Her hair! Only a goddess could have hair so fine.

Back 55

limited omniscient (i think... i looked all over for this one and this is all i could come up with!)