Figurative Language

Which figurative language is the following sentence?

The boy was as brave as a lion in the jungle.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My roommate is going through a rollercoaster of emotions.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

You are so skinny that the wind can carry you away.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The car brakes screamed all through the journey.

• Idiom

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I can't think, I am drawing a blank.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The new teacher is as tall as a giraffe.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Pass with flying colors

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Laughter is the best medicine.

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

• Explanation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Leighton heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

• Questions

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Ms. Cooke is buried in a sea of paperwork.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D