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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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"Time flies by!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• idiom
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

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The bushes bowed down and greeted us as we walked up the path during the storm.

• Personification
• NOT Personification 

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Choose the word to complete the sentence with the most negative connotation.
I didn't get much sleep last night because the baby was ________________. 

• deafening
• emphatic
• boisterous
• loud

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Showing too much pride in oneself

• boycott
• arrogrant
• cutody 
• ceremony

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Winter had wrapped a white blanket over the city.
The author is implying that...

• Spring was finally coming
• It had snowed
• The buildings appeared brighter in the winter
• It was so cold that people needed blankets

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Complete the Simile: 
As flat as a _______

• cake
• tree
• pancake
• muffin

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Complete the Simile:

As big as ______

• an ant

• a giraffe

• a bottle

• an elephant

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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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Which sentence contains a pun?

• The man zipped around the corner.

• Reading on the beach can make you well red.

• Her voice was the most beautiful music.

• The stars winked at me that night.

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