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Which is an example of onomatopoeia?
the heartbeat of Cuba
Clack! Bang!
His legs were like lead
he was invisible
"The kitten's tummy purred like an outboard motor" is an example of a...
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
idiom
He "stopped dead in his tracks" is an example of...
idiom
simile
personification
hyperbole
"Waleed sat like a zombie in front of the television" is an example of...
personification
idiom
metaphor
simile
"Isabel felt as if her heart had been ripped out of her chest" is an example of ...
hyperbole
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
The following are all similes EXCEPT...
He was covered with a fine gray powder from head to foot, like he's taken a bath in dry concrete mix.
...the whole building came crashing down into the street, thundering like a jet fighter.
The air was full of dust, and it scratched and tore at his throat as it went down.
An irregular rhythm that lay over the top of the regular beat, like a heartbeat beneath the skin.
"But the hatred had followed them even here, to the middle of the ocean" is an example of...
personification
idiom
alliteration
onomatopeia
"The old taxi's exhaust pipe made a sound like a gunshot- POK!" This is both...
personification and idiom
onomatopeia and hyperbole
idiom and metaphor
simile and onomatopeia
Aleppo...a crown jewel of the Middle East
metaphor
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
"Josef’s heart was in his throat"
simile
Idiom
metaphor
personification
"stood like a statue" is an example of _____
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
"The words struck Josef like slaps to the face" is an example of _________________
simile
metaphor
personification
idiom
"Joseph wasn't able to put his family back together again" is an example of ____________
an idiom because Josef can't actually put a family back together
a simile, comparing his family to a broken jar
a metaphor, comparing his family to a puzzle that is in many pieces
a hyperbole because his family is still together, but the author is exaggerating
"They were three lonely islands separated by an ocean of misery" is an example of a _________.
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
What figurative language is used in the following sentence?
"The air seemed to crackle around them like static from a radio."
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
“She finally had a signal, and got Google Maps to open on her iPhone” (Gratz 67).
Personification
Simile
Allusion
Alliteration
"...the heat of the road radiated off him and his rifle like a stove..."(Gratz 69).
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
"Josef's skin crawled" (Gratz 96).
Alliteration
Allusion
Simile
Personification
“He felt like he was visiting an alien world” (Gratz 96).
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Onomatopoeia
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