Figurative Language

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Which is an example of a simile? Options: His room was a hurricane of a mess., His room looked as if a hurricane came  through., A hurricane! AHHH!, The hurricane screamed through the town. 

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His room looked as if a hurricane came  through.

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metaphor

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A comparison without using "like" or "as"

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Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?
Options: Boom!, No!, Yes!, Go!

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Boom!

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hyperbole

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An extreme exaggeration 

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Which of the following is an example of personification? Options: You are as a beautiful as a flower., The trees danced in the wind., I waited in line for 10 years!, He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

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The trees danced in the wind.

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"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what? Options: simile, alliteration, metaphor, onomatopoeia

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simile

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What is this an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended. Options: personification, metaphor, simile, hyperbole

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personification

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Simile: "My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

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She gets really angry.

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What is personification?

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Giving human characteristics to non-human things

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Why do people use figurative language? Options: To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point., To be grammatically correct., To structure their writing into paragraphs., Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 

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To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.