Name that technique! #3

I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

The wheels of justice turn slowly.

It is not unusual for a dog to bark when visitors arrive.

Katie’s plan to get into university was a house of cards on a crooked table.

Freaky Fran fried four frogs.

Try as I might, the kite did not fly.

I turned as white as a ghost when you jumped out at me.

Olivia obsessed over others' Oreos.

The baby was as busy as a bee.

Fearless Freddy fought four fiends.

I was lost in a sea of nameless faces.

You need to cross over at the mouth of the river.

The dishes fell to the floor with a clatter.

Nothing annoys me more than rapidly clicking your pen.

The cash register popped open with a heart warming ca-ching.

She is so beautiful; the camera loves her.

My mum is going to kill me.

The child chattered like a magpie.

He was a cheerful pessimist.

He knows everything about math.