Figurative Language

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Identify the figurative language: 'The queue was as slow as a turtle in mud.'

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Simile

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Figurative language example: My friend lacks tact and often hurts feelings, like a bull in a china shop.

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Idiom

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Figurative language in: 'We stayed on the beach until the sun went down. The beach is our playground and the sun is our closing sign.'

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Metaphor

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Choose the type of figurative language in: 'The flame danced, bending and reaching to music only it could hear.'

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Personification

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Figurative language example: 'My mouth is on fire! I need water! I can’t believe that I just ate that habanero pepper.'

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Hyperbole

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Meaning of 'got off on the wrong foot' with a new teacher.

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Made a poor impression

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Meaning of 'between a rock and a hard place'

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Two choices, neither pleasant.

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Meaning of 'let the cat out of the bag'

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To tell a secret

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Meaning of 'got up on the wrong side of the bed'

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To wake up in a bad mood

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Meaning of 'put her foot in her mouth'

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When a person says something they now regret