The assassin was like a cat, sneaking across the courtyard
completely unseen to all. When she got
to the building she crept through the doorway like a mouse. Unseen by the sentry who was blinder than a
bat. The old floorboards threatened to
sound an alarm as the assassin slowly crept through the foyer of the house. Her target, who was on the second floor, was
sleeping like a log. Still and
unmoving. After reaching her targets
room the assassin looked out the window.
There the moon was peeking through the clouds and occasionally
illuminating the trees that danced in the slight breeze. It was raining cats and dogs. She hated rain. Back on task the assassin slowly drew her
blade, SSSSSS. Its polished steel
reflecting the moonlight like a mirror. Then
she slew the sleeping someone who said something superfluous. It was done.
The assassin leapt out of the window, as graceful as a swan, and
disappeared like the shadows when the sun would rise the next morning. When the assassin reached his house there was
a stranger outside. “Did you
finish the job?” asked the Stranger.
“No, I just crept through his house and leapt out the window for fun,” replied
the assassin who then rudely brushed passed the stranger and into his house.
The assassin was like a cat- Simile because it is comparing the assassin to a cat using like or as
I used this because it is more descriptive than saying that she was sneaky
Unseen by the sentry who was blinder than a bat-Hyperbole because it is a blatant exaggeration.
I used it to compare the sentries eyesight to that of a bat even though the sentry had normal eyesight.
The old floorboards threatened to sound an alarm- Personification because floorboards can't sound an alarm or pose threats
I used it because it made sneaking through the house seem harder and it compared the old creaky floorboards to alarms.
There the moon was peeking through the clouds and occasionally illuminating the trees that danced in the slight breeze- Personification because the moon can't peek and trees can't dance
I used this because it gives the reader a better idea of what it is like outside. It compares trees to dancers and the moon to someone who is peeking their head around a corner.
It was raining cats and dogs-Idiom because it is a phrase that the reader wouldn't be able to understand from the piece.
I used it to show the reader that it was pouring rain outside.
Back on task the assassin slowly drew her blade, SSSSSS. Onomatopoeia because it is a sound
I used it to allow the reader to "hear" what the blade would sound like coming out of its sheath
Then she slew the sleeping someone who said something superfluous. Consonant Alliteration because it repeats the s sound.
I used it partially because I had to and partially because I wanted to spread out the moment.
“No, I just crept through his house and leapt out the window for fun,” replied the assassin who then rudely brushed passed the stranger and into his house. This is sarcasm because it is stating something that is obviously not true with the intent to add humor or to show disrespect.
I added it to give the piece a little humor and to show that the assassin doesn't hold the stranger in high regard.
The assassin was like a cat- Simile because it is comparing the assassin to a cat using like or as
I used this because it is more descriptive than saying that she was sneaky
Unseen by the sentry who was blinder than a bat-Hyperbole because it is a blatant exaggeration.
I used it to compare the sentries eyesight to that of a bat even though the sentry had normal eyesight.
The old floorboards threatened to sound an alarm- Personification because floorboards can't sound an alarm or pose threats
I used it because it made sneaking through the house seem harder and it compared the old creaky floorboards to alarms.
There the moon was peeking through the clouds and occasionally illuminating the trees that danced in the slight breeze- Personification because the moon can't peek and trees can't dance
I used this because it gives the reader a better idea of what it is like outside. It compares trees to dancers and the moon to someone who is peeking their head around a corner.
It was raining cats and dogs-Idiom because it is a phrase that the reader wouldn't be able to understand from the piece.
I used it to show the reader that it was pouring rain outside.
Back on task the assassin slowly drew her blade, SSSSSS. Onomatopoeia because it is a sound
I used it to allow the reader to "hear" what the blade would sound like coming out of its sheath
Then she slew the sleeping someone who said something superfluous. Consonant Alliteration because it repeats the s sound.
I used it partially because I had to and partially because I wanted to spread out the moment.
“No, I just crept through his house and leapt out the window for fun,” replied the assassin who then rudely brushed passed the stranger and into his house. This is sarcasm because it is stating something that is obviously not true with the intent to add humor or to show disrespect.
I added it to give the piece a little humor and to show that the assassin doesn't hold the stranger in high regard.
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