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Figurative Language

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  • "The ocean wave picked her up and slammed her onto the beach" is an example of...
    simile
    metaphor
    alliteration
    personification
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  • "She sat in the library as quiet and timid as a mouse" is an example of...
    personification
    metaphor
    alliteration
    simile
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  • "The door opened with a creak" is an example of...
    idiom
    onomatopoeia
    hyperbole
    alliteration
  •  15
  • "This is the worst day I have ever had" is an example of...
    simile
    hyperbole
    idiom
    metaphor
  •  15
  • "That rugby player is a rhino trampling over his opponents" is an example of...
    idiom
    hyperbole
    metaphor
    simile
  •  15
  • "The wind sang a song to the swaying trees" is an example of...
    personification
    hyperbole
    metaphor
    idiom
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  • "Cows say moo and pigs say oink" is an example of...
    simile
    onomatopoeia
    metaphor
    alliteration
  •  15
  • "This quiz was harder than every test I've ever had put together" is an example of...
    metaphor
    personification
    hyperbole
    idiom
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  • "The doors to the castle swung open, inviting me in" is an example of...
    onomatopoeia
    personification
    alliteration
    simile
  •  15
  • There is a hurricane and there is most likely severe damage to your house. You say, at least the plants will get watered
    simile
    hyperbole
    understatement
    metaphor
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  • Personification is...
    A phrase which has a different meaning from what is said
    Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive
    An exaggeration
    A word representing a sound
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  • Alliteration is...
    Repeating the same consonant sound
    A comparison using like or as
    An exaggeration
    Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive
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  • A metaphor is...
    Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive
    A comparison saying that one thing is another thing
    An exaggeration
    A word representing a sound
  •  15
  • Onomatopoeia is...
    A word representing a sound
    A phrase which has a different meaning from what is said
    Repeating the same consonant sound
    Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive
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  • A simile is...
    A comparison using like or as
    A phrase which has a different meaning from what is said
    A word representing a sound
    Repeating the same consonant sound
  •  15
  • Hyperbole is...
    A comparison using like or as
    Giving human characteristics to something
    A word representing a sound
    An exaggeration
  •  15