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A hyperbole is

• repeating the beginning sound in words

• giving human qualities to animals or objects

• an exaggeration

• a word that imitates the sound that it represents

Onomatopoeia is

• a word that imitates the sound that it represents

• a comparison where on thing is said to be another

• an exaggeration

• giving human qualities to animals or objects

What 2 figurative languages are used in this sentence?

The house was an inferno as the flames reached for the sky.

• hyperbole and onomatopoeia

• metaphor and personification

• simile and alliteration

• personification and simile

Repeating the beginning sound in words is

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Red Rover, Red Rover send Robin right over.

This sentence is an example of

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

A comparison using the words like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

My homework pile is a mile high.

This sentence is an example of

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• alliteration

I heard the screech of the tires, and then I smelled the burning rubber.

The underlined word in the sentence is an example of

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphore

• onomatopoeia

A comparison where one thing is said to be another is

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

My sister is as slow as molasses in the mornings.

The sentence is an example of

• simile

• personification

• methphor

• alliteration