Figurative Language

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Identify the simile: Rachel smiled like a Cheshire cat.

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Rachel smiled like a Cheshire cat.

Front

"Love is a thrill ride." This sentence uses _____

Back

metaphor

Front

This kid was a young Albert Einstein. This sentence uses _____

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allusion

Front

Nila brushed the baby's hair. This sentence uses _____

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alliteration

Front

Identify the sentence with a pun: The man zipped around the corner. Reading on the beach can make you well red. Her voice was the most beautiful music. The stars winked at me that night.

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Reading on the beach can make you well red.

Front

Example of assonance:

Back

The small boy grabbed Roy's toy.

Front

Example of onomatopoeia:

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zap

Front

A hyperbole is an ____.

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exaggeration

Front

Identify the sentence with personification: The woman looked as if she were 1,000 years old. The fire hungrily ate the house. Where's the wicked witch? The tiger purred like my cat.

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The fire hungrily ate the house.

Front

"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." This quote uses _____

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juxtaposition