3.  Using like or as to compare two things.  You are as slow as a turtle with no legs.  Mark is as slick as a waxed floor.

4. Comparing two things without using like or as. Books are a big adventure. A dog is a trumpet.

5.  Using exaggeration to make a point.  Its raining cats and dogs.  I have been thinking so hard that my brain is going to explode.

6.  Sound or word:bang tick-tock.  My dad snored when he was sleeping.  The bird was chirping this morning.

7.  Repetition of beginning sounds.  The little lizard licked liver from the log.  The wimpy walrus wiggled with Willy the whale.

8.  Giving human qualities to something not human.  The carved pumpkin laughed at me.

9.  A well known expression that does not mean what it says.  What I say to you goes in one ear and out the other.

10. 1.The cat meowed for food. 2.His belt was as long as a snake. 3.The big black bear bounced the ball. 4.I kicked the ball a mile long. 5.The rocks ran down the hill. 6.His belt was like a snake squeezing him. 7.Cry me a bucket of water.