Surface Pressue Figurative Language

What type of figurative language is "I'm as tough as the crust of the earth is"?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

When Luisa says "I take what I'm handed" she is using an old expression that means she can take whatever the community dishes out--in other words, she will accept any work they give her.  What type of figurative language is this? 

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is, "I feel as [crazy] as a tightrope walker in a three-ring circus"?

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Luisa refers to the Greek hero Hercules, who fought Hades' 3-headed dog Cerberus when she sings this line: "Was Hercules ever like 'Yo, I don't wanna fight Cerberus'"? What type of figurative language is this? 

• Allusion

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

What type of figurative language is the old expression the straw "that breaks the camel's back"?

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

What type of sound device or figurative language is found in the lines: "Pressure like a drip, drip, drip that'll never stop, whoa! Pressure that'll tip, tip, tip 'till you just go pop, whoa!"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

What 2 types of figurative language is in these lines: "Give her all the heavy things we can't shoulder. Who am I if I can't run with the ball?"  She's comparing running with a football in order to make a touchdown to completing all the jobs given to her.

• simile

• allusion

• personification

• metaphor

• idiom

What type of figurative language or sound device is, "Pressure like a tick, tick, tick 'til it's ready to blow."?

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

Luisa is making a reference to the famous Titanic ship that in 1912, hit an iceburg and sank when she sings this line: "The ship doesn't swerve, has it heard how big the iceberg is"?  What type of figurative language is that? 

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

Luisa says the pressure will make her "pop."  In addition to onomatopoeia, this is also 

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor