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An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• simile

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What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.
• She talks really loudly.
• She gets really angry. 
• She spits when she talks. 

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"The Flash is fast like lightning." This is an example of...

• personification
• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor

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"The lumberjack leveled many trees that day as his chainsaw sang its deadly song."
What is being personified?

• The lumberjack
• The trees
• The chainsaw
• The song

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'How sweet the sobbing violin!' is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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She is a bolt of lightening when she runs

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Neither

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"Let us go forth and lead the land we love." This is an example of what type of figurative language? 

• Hyperbole 
• Theme 
• Alliteration 
• Metaphor 

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"My flower was begging me for water."

What does this figurative language mean?

• Personification

• The flower was dried out and needed to be watered.

• The flower asked to be watered.

• The plant had plenty of water.

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Pick out the metaphor.

• Mrs. Harper was like a whole bottle of perfume she smelled so good.

• Mrs. Worth was as smart as a school book.

• Mrs. Cannon was like a peach.

• Dr. Tucker was an oak tree standing tall.

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Gary Soto compares the bright color of an orange with the color of a fire. Which of the following lines expresses that thought as a metaphor?

• The orange was bright as a fire.

• The orange was like a fire in his hands.

• The orange peel crackled like a fire.

• The orange was a fire in his hands.

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