HOMS Figurative Language

Front

Identify the literary device in: 'I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor.'

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Metaphor

Front

Identify the literary device in: The taxi door opened like a waiter's arm.

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simile

Front

Identify the literary device in: 'My papa's hair is like a broom. My hair is lazy; it never obeys barrettes.'

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personification

Front

Identify the literary device in: The boys and girls live in separate worlds.

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idiom

Front

Identify the literary device in: 'Bricks are crumbling, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in.'

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sensory details

Front

Identify the literary device in: "The mother's feet, lump and polite, descended like white pigeons from the sea of pillow..."

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alliteration

Front

Identify the literary device in: Push, pull. Push, pull. POOF!

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onomatopoeia

Front

Identify the literary device in: "Up, up up the stairs..."

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repetition