Figurative Language Review

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What is a simile?

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Comparing two unlike things using like and as

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Metaphor

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Comparing two things without using like and as

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally.

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What is an example of an alliteration? Options: The vase flew off of the shelf., Powerful pandas punch parrots., The plant liked to fly., I like to eat pie

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Powerful pandas punch parrots.

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The firework exploded in the air, making a big BOOM! in the air, is an example of

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Onomatopoeia

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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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The pie was so tough I needed an ax to cut it.

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hyperbole

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Juana's dark eyes swam like fish behind her tinted glasses. What is being compared in this simile?

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eyes-fish

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The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands.

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personification

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When you give human-like qualities to something that is not human

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personification