4. Read the following passage and answer the question below:

Question

"The classroom was a zoo during the lunch break, with students roaring like lions and bouncing around like kangaroos."

What type of figurative language is used in the passage above?

(2 points)
Responses

a. Simile
a. Simile

b. Metaphor
b. Metaphor

c. Hyperbole
c. Hyperbole

d. Onomatopoeia

Answer 1

The type of figurative language used in the passage is:

a. Simile

This is because it uses "like" to compare students to lions and kangaroos.