Simile
In the sentence, "She sings like a bird," what two things are being compared?
What is "her voice" and a "bird."
In the sentence, "Her yawn was a lion's roar," what two things are being compared?
What is "her yawn" and a "lion's roar?"
In the sentence, "The lights blinked," what is being personified?
What is the lights?
In the sentence, "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse," what is being exaggerated?
What is hunger?
What does "break a leg" mean?
What is good luck?
In the sentence, "He is as big as a brick house," what two things are being compared?
What is his "strength/build and a "brick house."
In the sentence, "Life is a journey," what two things are being compared?
What is his "life" to a "journey?"
In the sentence, "Thunder roared in the distance," what is being personified?
What is the thunder?
In the sentence, "The movie was so bad, I nearly died of boredom," what is being exaggerated?
What is how bad the movie was?
What does "Costs an arm and a leg" mean?
What is expensive?"
In the sentence, "The setting sun was like a bright, orange ball in the sky," what two things are being compared?
What is the "setting sun" and a "bright, orange ball."
In the sentence, "The classroom was a zoo," what two things are being compared?
What is a "classroom" and a "zoo?
In the sentence, "The camera loves her," what is being personified?
What is the camera?
In the sentence, "She talks a mile a minute," what is being exaggerated?
What is how fast she talks?
What does "piece of cake" mean?
What is easy?"
In the sentence, "The dog's fur shined like polished silver," what two things are being compared?
What is the "dog's fur" and "polished silver?"
In the sentence, "She's a walking encyclopedia," what two things are being compared?
What is her "knowledge" to an "encyclopedia?"
In the sentence, "Justice is blind," what is being personified?
What is justice?
In the sentence, "I had a ton of homework," what is being exaggerated?
What is the amount of homework?
What does "hit the sack" mean?
What is go to sleep?
In the sentence, "The stars were as bright as a diamond," what two things are being compared?
What are the "stars" and a "diamond?"
In the sentence, "He has a heart of gold," what two things are being compared?
What is his "kindness" to a "heart made out of gold?"
In the sentence, "Death knocked softly at the door," what is being personified?
What is death?
In the sentence, "He is older than the hills," what is being exaggerated?
What is his age?
What does "Barking up the wrong tree" mean?
What is looking in the wrong place.