Figurative Language

Front

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

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Simile

Front

The west wind dances down the road.

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Personification

Front

What literary device is used in the sentence: "The band played to a small crowd at the concert."? Options: Personification, Simile, Metaphor, Oxymoron

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Oxymoron

Front

What figure of speech is used in the sentence: "She’s as tiny as a mouse."?

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Simile

Front

Her blonde hair shined like the sun.

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Simile

Front

The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.

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Simile

Front

What literary device is used in the sentence: "Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong"?

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Alliteration

Front

When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

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Hyperbole

Front

What literary device is used in the sentence: “Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run?

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Onomatopeia

Front

The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.

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Simile