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What is a simile?

• a phrase that means something else than what it says
• comparing two things by saying one is the other
• comparing two things by using like or as
• a word that resembles the sound it represents

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(adj) elaborately decorated; showily splendid

• ornate
• solicitous
• blase
• prone

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An expression that has a meaning different than its literal words

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Idiom
• Personification 

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Fill in the blank:  "He walked ____________down the street. He was trying to do everything _____________these days."

• briskly
• linger
• puzzling
• slowly

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The bird is flying _________the window.

• over

• across

• through

• in

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The 4 trees can be considered a _____ for Esperanza.

• irony

• allusion

• metaphor

• alliteration

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What is onomatopoeia?

• words that are the opposite of each other

• words that represent a sound

• an extreme exaggeration

• a common expression

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"As fast as cheetah" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

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What does the sentence below actually mean?

The new iPhone costs an arm and a leg.

• The new iPhone does not cost a lot of money.

• Someone can get the new iPhone for free

• The iPhone is expensive

• You need to pay for the phone with your arm and leg.

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In chapter 7, the narrator says, "...faster than you could milk a cow we were standing barefoot in the cool water of Lake Michigan." What type of figurative language is this?

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

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