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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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What kind of figurative language is being used?
The bus hit a tree and went boom as it exploded.

• onomatopoeia 
• imagery
• simile
• metaphor

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What kind of figurative language is being used?
The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

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That fat cat weighs a thousand pounds! This is an example of ...... 

• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor
• simile

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When an author gives an inanimate object human or living characteristics. For example: the trees danced in the wind.

• personification
• alliteration
• simile
• oxymoron

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"Men sell the wedding bells" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Personification
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Assonance

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I’ve told my student a billion times that they should always write their mailbox number and last name on their papers!

• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Oxymoron

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"Trials and tribulations have had my share

There ain't nothing gonna stop me now cause I'm almost there"

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

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We must wait to hear from the crown until we make any further decisions.

• metonymy

• synecdoche

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Keep your chin up really means...

• Don't feel bad. Stay positive.

• Don't look down.

• You did horrible.

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