Figures of speech quickcheck

1. Simile: A comparison using "like" or "as"

Example: Her smile was as bright as the sun.

2. Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things
Example: The world is a stage.

3. Hyperbole: An extreme exaggeration for effect
Example: I've told you a million times to clean your room.

4. Personification: Giving human characteristics to non-human things
Example: The wind whispered through the trees.

5. Alliteration: The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

6. Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate the sound they represent
Example: The clock ticked loudly in the quiet room.