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Giving human characteristics or qualities to an object, idea, or even an animal 

• onomatopoeia 
• sensory detail
• hyperbole 
• personification 

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"The golden yellow sunlight filtered down through the pale new leaves on the oak trees, coming to rest on Jessica's brown toes that were splayed in the red Georgia mud" is an example of which kind of figurative language?

• Idiom
• Imagery
• Assonance
• Metaphor

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Sodapop "kept them in stitches". This means: 

• He made them angry. 
• He inspired them to repair/sew clothing. 
• He caused them to laugh hysterically. 
• He shut them up. 

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Which is an example of personification?

• "Well at least you're human!" Said the Duck.
• Mr. Porter needs to stop being so mean to his students.
• The trees danced with the wind, singing a song of silence.
• All of the above.

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What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound
• An exaggeration

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"He watched during history and geography lessons in the afternoon, when [the wind] reached its strongest force yet and threatened to knock the window in" (Boyne 105). Which literary device is BEST shown in this passage?

• Simile
• Onomatopoeia
• Flashback
• Personification

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What is a hyperbole?

• An extreme exaggeration
• A little exaggeration
• Similar sounds
• Compares two things using like or as

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The firework exploded in the air, making a big BOOM! in the air, is an example of 

• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• The 4th of July
• All of the above

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I paid an arm and a leg for my designer shoes that I bought this weekend.

• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration

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"He faced the galloping hordes

A hundred bad guys with swords"



This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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