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determine if a saying is an idiom, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or personification

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We decided to bite the bullet and buy a new car.

idiom

hyperbole

simile

metaphor

5

Staying in the five star hotel with no extra charge is the best of both worlds.

simile

metaphor

idiom

hyperbole

5

It costs an arm and a leg to feed all those kids.

simile

metaphor

idiom

hyperbole

5

Cutting corners on your homework doesn't help when you have to take the test.

idiom

personification

simile

hyperbole

5

The lightning danced across the sky before it started raining.

metaphor

simile

personification

hyperbole

10

The wind howled in the night when we were camping.

metaphor

simile

hyperbole

personification

10

Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name

metaphor

simile

personification

hyperbole

5

My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

idiom

personification

hyperbole

simile

10

The moon played hide and seek with the clouds.

idiom

hyperbole

metaphor

personification

10

I've told you to clean your room a million times

idiom

personification

hyperbole

simile

5

It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing hats and jackets.

simile

metaphor

personification

hyperbole

5

I have a million things to do when I get home.

hyperbole

idiom

personification

simile

10

Her smile was a mile wide

metaphor

simile

hyperbole

personification

5

My mom is going to kill me for losing my phone.

idiom

personification

metaphoe

hyperbole

10

The church was decorated with a million flowers

simile

hyperbole

idiom

metaphor

10

The stormy ocean was a raging bull.

simile

idiom

metaphor

hyperbole

10