EXAMPLE: THE SKY WAS AS LOUD AS AN ARMY OF LIONS

EXAMPLE: THE LIGHTNINGS FLASH WAS LIKE A PHOTOGRAPH OF EARTH

EXAMPLE: I FELT LIKE THE RAIN WAS A TSUNAMI FROM THE SKY

EXAMPLE: THE RAINCLOUDS SHOT A MEAN LOOK AT US

EXAMPLE: RAIN RATED RYAN RADICALLY WRONG

EXAMPLE: THE LIGHTNING BOLT BOLTED THROUGH THE SKY

EXAMPLE: IT WAS RAINING CATS AND DOGS

EXAMPLE: THE RAIN FLOODED LIKE THE TSUNAMI OF 2011

EXAMPLE: EVEN PEOPLE WITH UMBRELLAS GOT PRETTY SOAKED

A COMPARISON OF TWO UNLIKE THINGS USING LIKE OR AS

A COMPARISON OF TWO UNLIKE THINGS THAT SAY ONE THING IS ANOTHER

AN EXAGGERATION THAT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE TRUE

GIVING HUMAN QUALITIES TO NONHUMAN THINGS

THE REPETITION OF THE SAME INITIAL CONSTANT SOUND

A VERB THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE NOUN THAT GOES WITH IT

A GROUP OF WORDS WHOSE MEANING ISN'T UNDERSTOOD FROM THE LITERAL MEANING

A REFERENCE TO A FAMOUS PERSON, PLACE, OR EVENT

A PHRASE WHOSE WORDS CONTRADICT EACH OTHER WITH OPPOSITE MEANINGS