Metaphor, Simile, Personification

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simile
Bill, I think you are acting like a baby.
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metaphor
You're an angel to help me.
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personification
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
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Her heart is as soft as a feather pillow.
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He's an ice-cube; he never loses his temper.
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You're a real headache!
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The sidewalk is as slippery as greased glass.
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personification
The bees played hide and seek with the flowers as they buzzed from one to another.
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This room is an oven.
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The river swallowed the earth as the water continued to rise higher and higher.
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We would have had more pizza to eat if Tammy hadn't been such a hog.
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Her cookies taste like lumps of sand.
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personification, simile
The thunder grumbled like an old man.
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Our old cat, a bolt of lightning, caught his prey.
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The moon winked at me through the clouds above.
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The waffle jumped up out of the toaster.
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Taking drugs is like playing with fire.
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You were my sun. You were my earth.
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personification
The door protested as it opened slowly.
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His temper was as explosive as a volcano.
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You ran like a river to the sea.
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My heart won't be your ragdoll.
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I'm like a bird of prey.
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The day raced by me in a blur.
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Playing chess with Ashley is like trying to outsmart a computer.