Interpret Figurative Language

1. Steven sings like a nightingale. Read each sentence and explain what the figurative language means. 2. The candle is a beacon of sunshine. 3. The moon is a lantern in the sky. 4. Kirsten sleeps like a log. 5. Gretchen swims like a fish. 6. Phillip is lightning when he runs a race. 7. Justin ate a whole pizza for dinner and said he was still hungry, he sure is a bottomless pit. What is the hyperbole in this sentence? 8. Marissa is really down in the dumps when her dog died. What is the idiom in this sentence and what does it mean? 9. When my teacher told me about the project I knew that it would be a piece of cake. What is the idiom in this sentence and what does it mean? 10. I died laughing when I saw the video of the dog in an alligator costume. What is the hyperbole in this sentence? 11. Puddles were forming on the street because it was raining cats and dogs.What does this sentence mean? 12. At the airport we waited for ages to get on our plane.What does this sentence mean and what is the hyperbole?