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The idiom "don't let the cat out of the bag" means __________.

• Someone needs to stay silent and not talk to others.

• Cats are dangerous and should be kept in bags.

• There is literally a cat in somebody's bag and you need to keep it safe.

• You are supposed to keep a secret.

Comparing two unlike things using the words like or as is called...

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

What is an idiom?

• Exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally.

• Figurative language using "like" or "as" to make a comparison.

• A figure of speech suggesting that two different things are the same.

• A phrase that means something different than its literal meaning.

What is a simile?

• Exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally.

• Figurative language using "like" or "as" to make a comparison.

• A figure of speech suggesting that two different things are the same.

• A phrase that means something different than its literal meaning.

What is: The roof rose up and down to the rhythm of the music.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.
• His room looked as if a hurricane came through.
• A hurricane! AHHH!
• The hurricane screamed through the town. 

One corner of our back yard is buried under a million leaves that have blown into a drift against the fence.

This sentence illustrates the use of

• a simile

• a metaphor

• an idiom

• a hyperbole

Treasure Island (an excerpt) 
by Robert Louis Stevenson

I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow – a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white. I remember him looking round the cover and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards.
What does the IMAGERY used in the first paragraph tell the reader about the captain?

• He is in need of first aid.
• He is likely carrying treasure in his sea-chest.
• He has grown frail and tired with old age.
• He has had a rough and adventurous life.

I am as cold as ice. This is an example of ...

• simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification