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What type of figurative language is used in this example? "What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?"
Idiom
How far into a forest can a dog run into a forest?
Halfway. After that he is running out of the forest.
What type of figurative language is used in this example? "On my way to the store, there was a firetruck on the side of the road on fire."
Irony
A man worked in a very tall building of a fancy organization. One day while at work, he leaned on a window and he fell through. When he landed, he was fine. How was he okay?
He was a window washer. When he fell through the window, he fell into the building.
Create an alliteration within 30 seconds.
Teacher judges.
What type of figurative language is used in the following example? "I told you a hundred times Friday to have it done."
Hyperbole
What type of figurative language is used in the following example? "I walked onto the stage and looked at the crowd. There was deafening silence as I looked over all the waiting people."
Oxymoron
What walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the evening and 3 at dusk?
Humans
What type of figurative language is used in the example? "Everyone he coaches get's popular. It's like he has the golden touch."
Allusion
What type of figurative language is used in the following example? "He made number one in the race. He started like a rocket taking off."
Simile
What type of figurative language is used in the following example? "Welcome everyone! Today we're going to be hunting a real, live, ghost!"
oxymoron
What room will you never find a ghost?
The living room
Why are the people who live in town not allowed to be buried in the cemetary?
Because they're still alive
What type of figurative language is used in the following example? "I was extremely confused and my mind raced at all the possibilities."
Personification
What type of figurative language is used in the following example? "He's the Romeo to her Juliet."
Allusion
What type of figurative language is used in the following example? "Barry stayed up all night cram studying for his test. The next day, he fell asleep during it and failed."
Irony
