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"Hello from the other side
I must have called a thousand times."
Is an example of...

• hyperbole
• symbols
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

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The tree shook its branches angrily. What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence?

• simile
• personification
• alliteration
• onomatopeoia

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What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• A comparison without using "like" or "as"
• A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
• An extreme exaggeration

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Identify the metaphor

• My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments.
• My heart is a muscle.
• My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.
• My heart is like a muscle.

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What is personification?

• Giving food to an animal 
• An animal or non-human character acting like a person
• Helping a friend
• Going on vacation with your favorite person

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The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer’s body.

• Simile
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

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An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

• hyperbole
• personification
• idiom

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Simile or Metaphor?
That girl is as tough as nails.

• simile
• metaphor

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What does this sentence suggest?
"She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost."

• She is a ghost.
• She had her picture taken and placed in an album.
• She is frail.
• She is whispering secrets. 

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Suddenly all of the power went out. "Houston, we have a problem," my dad exclaimed.

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

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