Improve knowledge in figurative language by identifying types of figurative language in each sentence.

Her head was spinning from all of the new information.  

My teeth were chattering as we waited in the freezing cold.  

Her head was spinning from all of the new information.  : hyperbole. You're a couch potato: metaphor. The sun greeted me this morning. : personification. You are my sunshine: metaphor. Brave as a lion: simile. Time crawled as Tom sat in detention.  : personification. Come and clean your closet, Carol!: alliteration. America is a melting pot. : metaphor. My mouth was as dry as a bone. : simile. My teeth were chattering as we waited in the freezing cold.  : onomatopoeia

Figurative Language

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