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Figurative Language

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    Name the Figurative Language Featured in each example
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  • The pencil just walked off my desk.
    personification
  •  15
  • I will die if she asks me to the dance.
    Hyperbole
  •  20
  • The Captain couldn't keep the men in the cabin.
    alliteration
  •  15
  • She was certain that life was a fashion show.
    metaphor
  •  20
  • The buses can be impatient around here.
    personification
  •  20
  • Her hair was as soft as a spider web.
    simile
  •  10
  • The flying flag flapped at the fair. ( 2 answers)
    onomatopoeia and alliteration
  •  25
  • The brown grass was begging for water.
    personification
  •  25
  • Her green eyes were fireflies.
    Metaphor
  •  20
  • The candy was killing my cavity. (two answers)
    alliteration and personification
  •  25
  • He has ants in his pants.
    Idiom
  •  15
  • His exhaustion caused him to hit the sack.
    Idiom
  •  20
  • She will bend over backwards for her friends.
    Idiom
  •  20
  • The computer in the classroom was an old dinosaur.
    metaphor
  •  20
  • She hung her head like a dying flower. (three answers)
    alliteration, personification, simile
  •  25
  • She's afraid of her own shadow.
    idiom
  •  20