Figurative Language Comprehension Check

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What is figurative language?

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language that is not meant literally

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What is a simile?

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a figure of speech where two unlike things are compared using like or as

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What is a metaphor?

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a figure of speech where two unlike things are compared without using like or as

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What is a personification?

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a figure of speech in which a thing is given human characteristics

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"The moon smiled at the stars in the sky." This sentence is an example of

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personification

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"Truth is food for him." This sentence is an example of

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metaphor

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"He is tough as nails." This sentence is an example of

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simile

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Write the line that is an example of personification in this poem?
Hey, Diddle, Diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

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The little dog laughed, And the dish ran away with the spoon.

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Write the line that is an example of personification in this poem?
“Ah, William, we’re weary of weather,”
said the sunflowers, shining with dew.
“Our traveling habits have tired us.
Can you give us a room with a view?”

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said the sunflowers, shining with dew.

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Write the line that is an example of a metaphor in this poem? All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players;…

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All the world’s a stage, All the world’s a stage,