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    This document provides examples of useful idioms, similes, metaphors, and personification for writing essays. It includes 10 idioms such as "an arm and a leg" meaning very expensive and "piece of cake" meaning very easy. For similes, examples are given such as "chattering like monkeys" and "as free as a bird." Metaphors include "a whirlwind of emotions" and "a teacher with a heart of gold." Finally, personification examples personify objects and nature, such as "the thunderstorm raged" and "the trees shadowed the soldiers."

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    This document provides examples of useful idioms, similes, metaphors, and personification for writing essays. It includes 10 idioms such as "an arm and a leg" meaning very expensive and "piece of cake" meaning very easy. For similes, examples are given such as "chattering like monkeys" and "as free as a bird." Metaphors include "a whirlwind of emotions" and "a teacher with a heart of gold." Finally, personification examples personify objects and nature, such as "the thunderstorm raged" and "the trees shadowed the soldiers."

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    Some Useful Idioms for writing essays

    1. An arm and a leg – Very expensive or costly.

    E.g: Dining at this high-class restaurant cost me an arm and a leg! I will never
    return here again.

    2. Blessing in disguise – something good that was not recognized at first.

    E.g: Missing that field trip turned out to be a blessing in disguise as the school bus
    met with an accident.

    3. Piece of cake – used to describe something that is very easy to do.

    E.g: This assignment was a piece of cake. I completed in less that fifteen minutes

    4. Not to make head or tail of something – unable to decipher or understand the


    meaning

    E.g: The teacher was talking so fast that I could not make head or tail of what he
    was saying.

    5. See eye to eye – to agree with someone

    E.g: Jack and Diane kept on quarreling as they could not see eye to eye with each
    other.

    Similes
    It is a figure of speech where one thing is compared with another thing of a different
    kind.

    It is used to make a description more vivid or to draw out a particular quality of the
    subject being mentioned.

    Similes are used with the words “like” or “as…as”.


    Similes are best used when they are original, creative, relevant and logical. A simile
    which has been used too many times – “as fast as a cheetah” or “as fast as lightning”
    – will not score you extra points.

    Some Useful Similes

    1.The students were chattering like monkeys.

    2. The winner of the race paraded around the track like a peacock.

    3. We tried to carry him but he was as heavy as an elephant.

    4. The signboards were as bright as daylight.

    5. When she heard someone call her name in the dark, she turned as pale as a sheet.

    6. Filled with rage, the bully charged towards me like a bull.

    7. The boys were laughing like hyenas when they pulled off the prank.

    8. Don’t worry about her. She can handle it herself. She is as tough as nails!

    9. When the exams commenced, the classroom became as silent as a grave.

    10. On the last day of school, Jimmy dashed out of the school gates feeling as free as
    a bird.

    Some Useful Metaphors

    1. She felt a whirlwind of emotions passed through her. ( overwhelmed by


    emotions)

    2. Don’t believe that fortune-teller. He is selling you snake oil. (metaphorical idiom,
    fake promises, products or services that fail to live up to expectations, something
    fraudulent)

    3. Mr Tan is a teacher with a heart of gold. ( very kind or generous)

    4. Stay away from him. He is a loaded gun. (dangerous)

    5. When the basketball team got off the bus, we could smell the stench of defeat on
    them. ( they acted in such a way that it was easy to deduce that they have lost)

    6. After failing her exams, Shirley wallowed in a sea of self-pity. ( metaphorical


    idiom, overwhelmed by self pity)

    7. He was so sad that he was crying rivers. (a lot of tears)

    8. Sean’s stomach was a bottomless pit. ( extremely hungry, describe someone who
    cannot stop eating.)
    9. Completing this assignment was a breeze. ( very easy to complete)

    10. Hearing her laughter was music to my ears. (a pleasant sound)

    11. as eager as a beaver

    12. like a cat on hot bricks

    Some Useful Ideas for Personification

    1. The thunderstorm raged on outside my window.

    2. The soft, cool sand caressed my feet.

    3. The sun peeked out from behind the clouds.

    4. I could hear the faint wail of the ambulance in a distance.

    5. The moment I stepped out into the streets, I was greeted by the strong diesel
    fumes.

    6. The trees shadowed the soldiers as they trekked through the forest.

    7. The sports car roared with ferocity as it zoomed past the spectators.

    8. The road was treacherous and unforgiving.

    9. The expensive handbag seemed to call out to her. “Buy me!”

    10. By the time the firemen arrived, the flames were already dancing on the roof.

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