7th Grade ELA EOG Review

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What is hyperbole?

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A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis.

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Give an example of hyperbole.

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"Kid, you'll move mountains!"

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that compares two things directly, without using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is personification?

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A figure of speech that gives human characteristics to non-human things.

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What is the author's purpose?

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The reason an author writes a text, such as to inform, persuade, entertain, or explain.

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What is the purpose of the text about the Coliseum?

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To give facts about the Coliseum.

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What type of figurative language is used in the line: 'There was a Young Lady whose nose, Was so long that it reached to her toes'?

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Hyperbole.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two things using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is an example of personification?

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The wind whispered through the trees.