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the daffodils nodded their yellow heads at the walkers
This sentence is an example of:

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

a phrase that presents a figurative meaning; well-known saying

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• irony

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which literary device is used when a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable?

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

These walls have ears
This sentence is an example of :

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"the leaves danced in the wind"
This sentence is an example of:

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"rain races ,ripping and restless in it's rage"
This sentence is an example of:

• simile

• metaphor

• contrast

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"He fell down like an old tree falling down in a storm."
This sentence is an example of :

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Education is our passport to the future, and tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration for emphasis or effect?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Hyperbole

• C) Simile

• D) Irony

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Personification

• D) Alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A