8th Grade ELA Review: Figurative Language

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What is an idiom?

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A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning.

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"I am dying of shame" is an example of...

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Hyperbole

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What is a simile?

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Comparing two unlike things using like and as

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The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...

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Metaphor 

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What is personification?

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Giving human qualities to a non human things

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What is an example of an alliteration? Options: The vase flew off of the shelf. , Powerful pandas punch parrots., The plant liked to fly., I like to eat pie

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Powerful pandas punch parrots.

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The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.

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The car is very old.

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"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is:

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simile

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What is an alliteration?

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The same beginning sound repeated

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Crash, bang, buzz, swish, and splash are all examples of what type of figurative language?

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Onomatopoeia