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The wind was blowing so hard, the sun was scared to come out.
a) personification
b) oxymoron
c) metaphor
d) simile

The teacher is like an angry lion when she is mad.
a) personification
b) pun
c) metaphor
d) simile

The boy believed black birds bite
a) personification
b) alliteration
c) cliche
d) hyperbole

The sky is a rainbow of colors.
a) metaphor
b) pun
c) imagery
d) cliche

Cra-aack! Whumph! The beam broke and fell on them.
a) personification
b) onomatopoeia
c) oxymoron
d) cliche

I am so hungry that I could eat an elephant
a) hyperbole
b) oxymoron
c) cliche
d) simile

cold sweat
a) hyperbole
b) oxymorn
c) cliche
d) metaphor

I am going to have to let you go
a) metaphor
b) cliche
c) euphemism
d) hyperbole

The starry night gave me chills as I breathed in the freshness of the daffodils.
a) cliche
b) imagery
c) pun
d) hyperbole

There is a frog in my throat
a) personification
b) pun
c) simile
d) idiom

I got hit in the head with a pop can. Thank goodness it was a soft drink!
a) personification
b) pun
c) idiom
d) hyperbole

Every cloud has a sliver lining
a) pun
b) idiom
c) cliche
d) personification

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