Literary Devices

Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

Molly munches on multiple M&Ms.

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

• imagery

Her smile was a mile wide.

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

My backpack weighs a ton!

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

The bus took forever to get here!

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

My homework is taking me forever to finish!

• idiom

• hyperbole

• imagery

• metaphor

My mom is going to ground me for a thousand years.

• hyperbole

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• idiom

I tried to call you a million times last night!

• imagery

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Keep your eyes peeled for my missing book.

• imagery

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole