Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Idioms
Personification
100
Mom is as strong as an ox
What is to be very strong
100
The hospital was a refrigerator
What is to be very cold
100
I am so hungry I could eat a horse
What is being very hungry
100
A piece of cake
What is very easy
100
The run down house appeared depressed
What is the house is falling apart
200
Without his glasses he is as blind as a bat
What is not having good vision
200
The classroom was a zoo
What is out of control
200
Missed by a mile
What is being very off target
200
Sick as a dog
What is very sick
200
Time flew and before we knew it, it was time for me to go home
What is time went by very quickly
300
When I get out of school, ill be as free as a bird
What is being able to do whatever you want
300
He is a night owl
What is staying up all night
300
My dress shoes are killing me.
What is shoes are uncomfortable
300
Let the cat out of the bag
What is saying something you weren't suppose to
300
At precisely 6:30 am my alarm clock sprang to life
What is the alarm clock went off
400
That runner was as quick as lightning
What is running really fast
400
She's a walking dictionary
What is having a lot of knowledge
400
My backpack weighed a ton
What is backpack being very heavy
400
A penny for your thoughts
What is a way of asking what someone is thinking
400
The waffle jumped up out of the toaster
What is the waffle was ready
500
I did not feel well at all, I was as sick as a dog
What is being very ill
500
My big brother is a couch potato
What is brother is lazy
500
My mom works her fingers to the bone.
What is mom works a lot
500
Jump the gun
What is doing something early
500
The blizzard swallowed the town
What is the town was covered in snow
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