<p> Interest-Creating Device (ICD) Types </p><p>Type Examples</p><p>Idiom My mother always says that a picture is worth a thousand words. (figure of speech/common saying) According to the Oxford Dictionary, love is an intense feeling of deep affection. Definition Famous Quotation American civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr., famously exclaimed, “I have a dream!”</p><p>Alliteration Stepping and stomping, whirling and swirling, the Oak Park Dance Team (repetition of consonant pirouetted across the stage. sounds) Onomatopoeia Slurp, slurp. Glug, glug. On a hot day the best thing to quench your thirst is a (imitation of sounds) tasty drink from the Snack Shack.</p><p>What? You don’t like crunchy caterpillars on your pizza? Question Anecdote I was living in Arkansas the first time I met prejudice face to face. (short story) Hyperbole It was so cold that day, I saw polar bears wearing jackets! (exaggeration) What is the longest word in the dictionary? Smiles, because there is a mile Riddle between each “s.”</p><p>Exclamation Whew! And you thought your life was tough!</p><p>A rose in full bloom. Your favorite perfume. A steak cooking over charcoal. Our Sentence Fragments sense of smell tells us plenty.</p>