Freak the Mighty Figurative Language

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Metaphor

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A comparison between two unlike objects not using like or as

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Personification

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Giving human like characteristics to non living objects

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Hyperbole

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Truth is exaggerated for humor or emphasis

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Simile

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A comparison between two unlike objects using like or as

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Alliteration

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Words that start with the same sound (not just the same letter) used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that describes a sound being made

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What type of figurative language is used in this quote: "I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for a while..."?

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Hyperbole

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What type of figurative language is used in this quote: "...he's exploding out of his shoes"? Options: Personification, Metaphor, Alliteration, Hyperbole

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Personification

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What two types of figurative languages are used in this quote: "It's cool and dim in there and you float like a cloud-no, you are a cloud..."? Options: Simile and Metaphor, Metaphor and Simile, Metaphor Simile, Simile Metaphor

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Simile and Metaphor

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What type of figurative language is used in this quote: "...and then the first really big rocket whams off, a humongous thud!"?

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Onomatopoeia