Figurative Language and Sound Device Practice

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Inference: Why does the orange not have a partner at the annual rhyme dance?

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The orange does not have a partner because nothing rhymes with orange, and it is a rhyme dance.

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Which line of the poem is an example of a simile? Lost is a puzzle of screaming stars. Fear is a blackness that smothers. Hope is like a dream that is never lost.

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Hope is like a dream that is never lost.

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Which line of the poem is an example of metaphor and personification?

Lost is a puzzle of screaming stars.
Fear is a blackness that smothers.
Hope is like a dream that is never lost.

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Lost is a puzzle of screaming stars AND fear is a blackness that smothers.

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Which line of the poem is an example of simile and hyperbole?
Lost is a puzzle of screaming stars.
Fear is a blackness that smothers.
Hope is like a dream that is never lost.

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Hope is like a dream that is never lost.

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Which sentence below is an example of alliteration?
Options: Seth really likes to ride the sagacious yet speedy sheep named Slick Shady., Seth really, really likes to go for rides., The tenacious boy rode the sheep every day., None of the answers are correct.

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Seth really likes to ride the sagacious yet speedy sheep named Slick Shady.

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simile

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compares two different things using like or as

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hyperbole

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exaggerating for effect

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Personification

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giving the qualities of a person to an animal, object, or idea

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Metaphor

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compares two different things without using like or as

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Alliteration

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Repetition of a consonant letter two or more times