Figurative Languages

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Read the sentence--which figurative language is used: He was so strong, he could chop the tree down with one swing of his axe.

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hyperbole

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Piece of cake

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idiom

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when pigs fly

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idiom

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a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

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simile

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a comparison of two unlike things by saying that one thing IS another dissimilar object or thing

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metaphor

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Choose the simile: The man is a lion. The man is like a lion.

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The man is like a lion.

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Chose the metaphor: The man is like a lion. The man is a lion.

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The man is a lion.

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Using "sound words" in poetry such as, "BAM!" "BANG!" "CRASH!"

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Onomatopoeia

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A hyperbole is

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It is used to show extreme exaggeration.

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The boy was standing like a statue on the sidewalk in everyone's way.

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Simile