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connotation

• the dictionary definition of a word
• a set of ideas associated with a word
• not literal (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, etc.)
• a category of literature based on style, form, or subject matter 

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I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.

• alliteration
• repetition
• idiom
• hyperbole

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What kind of figurative language is being used?
Avery was so mad his head blew up.

• hyperbole
• imagery
• simile
• metaphor

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Which is not an example of hyperbole...

• That joke is so old, the last time I heard it I was riding on a dinosaur.
• I had to walk 15 miles to school in the snow, uphill.
• Rita's eyes were as black as coal.
• We are so poor; we don’t have two cents to rub together.

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Which word means: 'To compare two things without using the words like or as?'

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification 
• Idiom

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A______ is a comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as".

• simile
• figurative speech
• metaphor

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What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.
• I own an expensive camera.
• Photos of me are always really good. 
• I like to visit art museums.

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The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers. What is being personified?

• The gardener

• The flowers

• The crops

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Metaphor

• Uses like or as.

• A direct comparison between two unlike things. It does not use the words like or as.

• Figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated.

• A book that lists words in alphabetical order and gives their meanings, pronunciations, and etc.

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Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.

• His room looked as if a hurricane came through.

• A hurricane! AHHH!

• The hurricane screamed through the town.

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