Figurative Language Diagnostic

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"Every night the stars...melted away as the sun rose." Literary device?

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Metaphor

Front

"[She] stood by the window as the stars began to poke holes in the deep, blue velvet sky." is an example of...

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Personification

Front

"Clouds and mist poured into the valley, rinsing the sky of color."

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Metaphor

Front

Tree leaves waving farewell as the family ascends the mountain.

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Personification

Front

"[Looking for footprints] was like searching for a wrinkle in a flower petal." This is an example of:

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Simile

Front

"He spent a pretty penny for his new clothes." is an example of:

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Idiom

Front

"The car screeched and crashed into a business" is an example of...

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Onomatopoeia

Front

Megan imagines being Lucy while approaching a lamppost in the snowy park.

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Allusion

Front

"...And the stars above filled the sky like spilled salt on dried seaweed." is an example of what figurative language?

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Simile

Front

In the film Threads, shell-shocked survivors pass posters of smiling babies, contrasting their brutal post-nuclear reality. This exemplifies:

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Juxtaposition