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What figurative language is being used in the sentence? Mateo's bicycle tires are flat as pancakes.
Simile
What two objects are being compared in the following sentence: Mateo's bicycle tires are flat as pancakes.
bicycle tires and pancakes
HOW are the two objects being compared? Mateo's bicycle tires are flat as pancakes.
Describing how flat it is
What figurative language is being used in the sentence? “Hurry up, Joe!” shouted Ellen. “We can’t be late for school, again.” But Joe continued to walk as slowly as a sloth climbing down a tree.
Simile
HOW are the 2 objects in the sentence being compared? “Hurry up, Joe!” shouted Ellen. “We can’t be late for school, again.” But Joe continued to walk as slowly as a sloth climbing down a tree.
Describing how slow they both are
What figurative language is being used in the sentence? This is the best book ever written.
Hyperbole
What 2 objects are being compared in the sentence: “Hurry up, Joe!” shouted Ellen. “We can’t be late for school, again.” But Joe continued to walk as slowly as a sloth climbing down a tree.
Joe and a sloth
What does this sentence mean? This is the best book ever written.
This is a great book
What does the sentence really mean? New York is the city that never sleeps.
There's always things to do in NYC all day/all night
What figurative language is being used in the sentence? New York is the city that never sleeps.
Hyperbole
What figurative language is being used in the sentence? Time flies.
Personification
What figurative language is being used in the sentence? My alarm clock yells at me in the morning to wake up
Personification
What does this sentence mean? Time flies.
Time is going by fast
What does this sentence mean? My alarm clock yells at me in the morning to wake up
The loud alarm wakes you up in the morning
What figurative language is being used in the sentence? After falling down the stairs, Kimberly had a bump as big as an apple on her forehead.
Simile
What figurative language is being used in the sentence? I was so ashamed, the earth swallowed me up.
Hyperbole
