Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie Figurative Language

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Identify the literary device: Having any brother would be horrible, I suppose, but having my particular brother, Jeffrey, is an unrelenting nightmare.

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metaphor

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Identify the literary device: "I have mouse-brown cowlick-y hair, glasses that are about an inch thick and braces that look like I tried to swallow a train wreck."

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simile

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What literary device is used in the sentence: "The kid follows me around like I'm Elvis or something."?

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simile

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Identify the literary device in the sentence: On that tragic day, I came home, said hi to Mom, glugged down some milk, and headed down to the basement to practice.

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onomatopoeia

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What is the literary device used in the sentence: "I had this huge drum feature in this Brian Setzer song called 'Jump Jive an' Wail,' and I nailed the whole thing."? Options: simile, idiom, personification, metaphor.

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idiom

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Identify the literary device: "muscles like Barry Bonds."

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simile

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Identify the literary device: "He started to scream like a banshee."

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simile

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Identify the literary device: "It wasn't the first time I noticed this-- how Renee kind of swished around in a cloud of perfume, and Annette just popped up like some spastic hand puppet."

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simile

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Identify the literary device: "Here comes Steven, bursting into his Big Solo. Watch those hands-- they're too quick to follow. Holy cow, this kid is a magician!"

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metaphor

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Identify the literary device: "At the same time, the trumpets were blasting like a herd of elephants, with Dizzy's horn flying high above everything else."

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simile