After getting my report card / I knew it was time to hit the books. What technique is being used? Idiom, Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole Figure out what is meant: Write a sentence explaining the meaning.

The given sentence contains an idiom because it contains an expression that is not meant to be taken literally. The expression "hit the books" does not mean to physically hit books; the expression is actually referring to studying. If the sentence were to be written literally, without the use of figurative language, the sentence would be, "After getting my report card, I knew it was time to study."

roses are red,

violets are black,

for what you said,

i hope you sit on a big fat tack.