Similes, Metaphors, Idioms, Hyperbole, Personification

My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning. Is an example of

• simile

• metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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A simile.....

• says that something actually is something else.
• compares two unlike things using the words like or as
• compares two similar things using the words like or as
• represents a person, an animal, an thing, or an idea.

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Make this a simile.
She sings....

• at lunch
• at the crowd
• very well
• like a bird

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Simile or Metaphor?

Laughter is the music of the soul.

• simile

• metaphor

• Hyperbole

Simile or Metaphor?

He is a night owl because he stays up late.

• simile

• metaphor

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What two things are being compared in the following simile?
Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as baby skin. 

• Sylvia's face and baby's skin
• Lotion and Sylvia's face.
• Sylvia and her face.
• Sylvia and smooth. 

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What two things are being compared in the following metaphor?
The crab was a dancing pair of scissors, clicking across the sand. 

• Crab and Sand
• Crab and dancing scissors
• Scissors and sand
• Dancing and sand. 

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Identify the simile.

• The busy store is a beehive.
• He was a broken record.
• The hurricane was a monster.
• Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

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His name is mud means...

• He is in trouble.
• His friends call him "Mud".
• He loves to play with mud.

Which idiom goes the best with this sentence?
I'm tired. Let's go to bed.

• Let's hit the hay.
• He tried not to "make waves".
• Stuck between a rock and a hard place.