Figurative Language Review

This figure of speech means extreme exaggeration.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

This figure of speech compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

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TEKS.ELA.3.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

Using the same letter sound throughout the sentence

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

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TEKS.ELA.1.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

"The moon smiled at me" is an example of _____.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

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TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.MATH.7.9D

"I am as hungry as a bear" is an example of a...

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

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TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.MATH.7.9D

Look at these lyrics from Fight Song:

Like a small boat

On the ocean

Sending big waves

Into motion

What figure of speech is in the first line?

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

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TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.MATH.7.9D

"The radio is yelling at me" is an example of____

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

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TEKS.ELA.2.10D

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.E4.7B

TEKS.ELA.LG.2I

"It costs an arm and a leg to buy an iPhone" is an example of...

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

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TEKS.ELA.1.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

Look at these lyrics from Boom Clap:

Boom clap

The sound of my heart

the beat goes

on and on and on and on and

Boom clap

What figure of speech is this an example of?

• onomatopeia

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

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TEKS.ELA.1.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

"Sally sells seashells so swiftly" is an example of _______

• alliteration

• personifiation

• hyperbole

• simile

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TEKS.ELA.1.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B