Figurative language review

Travis got bitten by a million mosquitoes.

hyperbole

The children scattered like ants when they heard the thunder.

simile

Trent's car is a dinosaur.

metaphor, hyberbole

Jill jumps while Jenny is jogging.

alliteration

The crops begged for water during the drought.

personification

The couple tied the knot in January.

idiom

If I don't go to the mall, I will just die.

Hyperbole

My sister let the cat out of the bag about my present.

Idiom

My suitcase weighed a ton when I went to college.

Hyperbole

The house was an oven in August.

Metaphor

The sun touched me with its warm rays.

Personification

She sells sea shells by the sandy shore.

Alliteration

She was feeling under the weather.

Idiom

The students were like a herd of elephants during the recess.

Simile