Figurative Language

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What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?
Ross shook like a leaf as he prepared to give his speech.

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Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence: Growing good green grapes goes great!

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Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence: He was lightning during the race.

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Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence: The flag danced and swayed in the breeze?

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Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence: "It took me a hundred years to finish all of my homework last night."? Options: Hyperbole, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Personification.

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Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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What does the sentence "Lightning danced across the sky" mean?

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There was a lot of lightning in the sky during a storm.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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A well-known phrase that means something different than what it actually says.

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Idiom

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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What does the sentence "The new iPhone costs an arm and a leg" mean?

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The iPhone is expensive

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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What does the sentence "The stars winked at us from the night sky" mean?

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The stars were twinkling in the night sky.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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What does the sentence "She has a heart of stone" mean?

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She is very unemotional or unfeeling.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4