Literary Examples

You can’t judge a book by its cover.

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players

But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word

I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain

Every cloud has a silver lining

Toby manipulated the people in his life as though they were chess pieces

Kisses are the flowers of love in bloom.

Kathy arrived at the grocery store with an army of children

The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face

Money is the only friend that I can count on

David’s jokes were like flat soda to the children, surprisingly unpleasant

I can smell pizza from a mile a way.

The darling dog danced along with the song

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze

Peggy heard the last piece of cheesecake in the refrigerator calling her name

“Food?” Chris inquired, popping out of his seat like a toaster strudel.

Her eyes were fireflies

Over the weekend, the flowers flutter furiously in the wind.

The eerie silence was shattered by her scream.

The world does not care to hear your sad stories

Her face blossomed when she caught a glance of him.

David and Alex have been in this class since the Stone Age.

"Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is."

With wonder and willingness, the young boy happily worked

The cactus saluted any visitor brave enough to travel the scorched land

Jingle, rattle, squeal, boing

The typical teenage boy’s room is a disaster area.

Allie has a million pairs of shoes in her closet.

The music coursed through us, shaking our bodies as if it came from within us.

Their prayers were like mayflies in June.

The students mistakenly missed making class on Friday.

What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
How they tinkle. tinkle, tinkle,

The giant tree was ablaze with the orange, red, and yellow leaves that were beginning to make their descent to the ground.

Waves of spam emails inundated his inbox.

Patty drank from a bottomless glass of Kool-Aid

The F-16 swooped down like an eagle after its prey.

Forgive me; they were delicious, so sweet and so cold

He was courageous as a lion.

Grandma gave us gravy and grapes

The kids were starving to death by the time they went to lunch.

The stars danced around the night sky