Sadie sat down at the computer, opened a browser, and typed in the web address.
Shopping online had recently become a sport for her. She loved eBay and took
great pleasure in outbidding an opponent for a desired item. She had her eye on a
blood red blanket that would be beautiful in her basement living room. As the
auction clock ticked down, her finger waited, like a poisonous snake, ready to
strike. Just as she submitted the bid, her computer threw a fit and shut the browser
completely down. "Good grief!" she exclaimed.

(Metaphor) Shopping online had recently become a sport for her. She loved eBay and took great pleasure in outbidding an opponent of a desired item.

She had her eye on a blood-red blanket that would be beautiful in her basement living room (Oxymoron).

As the auction clock ticked down, her finger waited (Personification), like a poisonous snake (Simile), ready to strike.

Just as she submitted the bid, her computer threw a fit (Personification/Alliteration) and shut the browser completely down. "Good grief!" she exclaimed (Onomatopoeia).

The identified figures of speech were used in the sentences above. Simile compares words using like and as. Oxymoron places contradictory items side by side.

It is an oxymoron when we say that a blood-red blanket is beautiful. Alliteration is used in the repetition of words that have similar sounds.

Personification occurs when the characteristics of living things are given to inanimate objects.

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