metaphor
You'll be buzzard food
pun hyperbole
Because there's nothing inside his head.
simile
He was so thirsty he felt as if he would die.
simile
a pair of sneakers fell on top of him like a gift from God
idiom
the key
personification
destiny's shoes
hyperbole
Only ten million more to go
simile
you felt as if she was looking right through you
metaphor
This isn't a Girl Scout Camp
metaphor
The surface of the table reminded Stanley of the surface on the lake
metaphor
said and orange lump.
idiom
don't want to mess
idiom
trying to start anything
idiom
Time flies
metaphor
Green Lake was Heaven on earth
pun idiom
It dried up with the lake
personification hyperbole
the temperature gad gotten so hot that the air itself was sweating.
hyperbole
It felt more like a thousand
pun idiom
got a little hot
idiom
blood starts to boil
simile
Zero held the shovel out in front of him, as if he were going to bat away the bullets
idiom
kept an eye out
hyperbole simile
it felt like heaven
analogy
the sun, a fiery ball balancing on top of Big Thumb. God was twirling a basketball
analogy simile
the rock had absorbed his energy and now acted like a kind of giant magnet pulling him toward it.
metaphor
its a hot fudge sundae