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“But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.”
  -William Sharp

• Allusion
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Irony

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This sentence is an example of what:  "Who let the cat out of the bag?"

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

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The line, “each lower leg was a piston…” is meant to emphasize…

• The power behind each leg and the dinosaur’s ability to move freely
• The height of the dinosaur compared to the trees.
• The fierceness of the dinosaur as it attacks the hunters.
• The inability of the dinosaur to be killed.

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"Her eyes were like a deep ocean filled with endless mystery." This is an example of ____________________.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Structure

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Descriptive words that appeal to the senses

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• imagery

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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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Onomatopoeia is...

• An exaggerated statement
• A type of bug
• A comparison of two things using like or as
• The use of a word associated with a sound.

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The White House will be announcing the decision around noon today.

• metonymy

• synecdoche

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The restaurant has been acting quite rudely lately.

• metonymy

• synecdoche

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A figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given human characteristics

• irony

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• personification

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