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Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
The house was lonely and desolate while the family was away.

• personification
• hyperbole 

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A simile is a comparison using...

• like or a 
• like or as
• like or nothing
• just like

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

• simile
• figurative speech
• metaphor

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Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
• To be grammatically correct.
• To structure their writing into paragraphs.
• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 

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"The stars will cry." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia

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Verbal Irony occurs:

• When the speaker says the opposite of what he/she means

• Most often in pieces of fiction

• If the speaker doesn't realize he/she said something offensive

• When everyone knows what is being talked about except one person

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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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In "Can't Help," "Clang, clang, clang, / a spoon chimes / against a glass bowl" is an example of:

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

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"He was as cool as a cucumber" is an example of...

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

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