Figurative Language Review

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Which sentence is an example of simile?

You came in as a lump of clay, a blank canvas, a slab of marble.

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That's my word.

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When it's your turn in the chair, you stand at attention and forget about who you were when you walked through the door.

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You came in as a lump of clay, a blank canvas, a slab of marble.

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Simile

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figurative language that compares two unlike things using "as" or "like"

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What is a metaphor?

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^{is when someone compares you to something without saying like}

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Your crying is like rain.

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Simile

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What is an example of a metaphor?

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You are fire.

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Simile or Metaphor: My father is a bear in the morning. Options: simile, metaphor

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metaphor

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I cannot go out to play because it is...... so I am watching TV instead.

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raining cats and dogs

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Alex is ........ That is why he is absent from school today.

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feeling under the weather

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Hyperboles are phrases that

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exaggerate

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Is the statement "I could sleep for an hour" a hyperbole?

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Not a hyperbole