Finish the Idiom
"It's raining cats & _________"
dogs
something is really easy.
The wind howled
personification
The thunder roared in anger
thunder -- roared
The cat meowed loudly.
meowed -- onomatopoeia
Break the _____
ice
He has a heart of stone.
He's very strong and stoic and does not show emotion.
She is a night owl
metaphor
The car honked loudly
not personification
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Bite the ________
bullet
Time is money
Time is valuable and should not be wasted -- similar to money.
The suitcase weighed a ton
hyperbole
The flowers danced in the wind
flowers -- danced
The door creaked open
onomatopoeia -- creaked
court
Under the weather
feeling sick
The classroom was like a zoo
simile
The moon smiled down on us
moon -- smiled
Quinn quaffed the quart of juice quickly and quietly.
alliteration
Cut to the _________
chase
The world is your oyster
The world (your life & experiences) are what there for you to do what you want with them.
He runs faster than the wind
hyperbole
The sun set angrily behind us
sun -- set angrily
The thunder rumbled in the distance.
rumbled -- onomatopoeia