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Figurative Language: Simile, Metaphor, Idioms

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    Identify the type of figurative language, or the meaning behind a figure of speech.
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  • The dog was as black as coal
    idiom
    metaphor
    simile
    none
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  • She doesn't mean it. She's just pulling your leg!
    simile
    metaphor
    idiom
    none
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  • There was not even a ripple in the pond. The water was glass.
    metaphor
    idiom
    simile
    none
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  • The children were as quiet as mice.
    simile
    metaphor
    none
    idiom
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  • I'm feeling excited today!
    idiom
    simile
    metaphor
    none
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  • My brother is a night owl.
    idiom
    metaphor
    none
    simile
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  • Her hair was a rat's nest!
    idiom
    none
    simile
    metaphor
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  • Mindy was walking as slow as a turtle.
    idiom
    metaphor
    none
    simile
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  • After being parked in the sun all day, our car was an oven.
    none
    idiom
    simile
    metaphor
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  • He was so mad, he was a volcano ready to erupt.
    idiom
    none
    metaphor
    simile
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  • I told our principal about the problem. Now the ball is in his court.
    idiom
    simile
    none
    metaphor
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  • This is a difficult decision.
    metaphor
    simile
    idiom
    none
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  • He was so slow, he could have been a turtle.
    idiom
    metaphor
    simile
    none
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  • I called her by her sister's name! I really put my foot in my mouth!
    none
    simile
    idiom
    metaphor
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  • An idiom is a common phrase that means something different than the words seem to mean.
    True
    False
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  • A metaphor compares two things using like or as.
    False
    True
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