Front

In literature, an ________ is used when someone speaks directly to someone who is not there, someone who is dead, to an inanimate object, or abstract idea.

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Apostrophe

Front

An implicit, implied, or even hidden comparison between two unrelated things that share some characteristics in common

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Metaphor

Front

A comparison between two different things to show their similarities, using the words “like” or “as” between the things being compared.

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Simile

Front

"Her laughter was music to anyone around her" is an example of what type of figurative language?

Options:

Metaphor

,

Simile

,

Analogy

,

Sarcasm

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Metaphor

Front

The Oval Office issued a statement regarding the new tax policy.

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Metonymy

Front

Is "Lend me your ears, ladies and gentleman" an example of synecdoche or metonymy?

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Metonymy

Front

Personification

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an author gives human traits or characteristics to an animal or object

Front

What is being personified in the sentence: "At night, the wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest."? Options: the night, the forest, the wind.

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the wind

Front

Which kind of figurative language is used in the sentence: "The baby pig is as cute as a button."?

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simile

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4L5

Front

Hyperboles are phrases that

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exaggerate