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Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What type of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
Alliteration
Simile
Personification
Compares two unlike things by saying that one thing is another.
What type of figurative language is this?
Simile
Idiom
Hyperbole
Metaphor
An exaggeration that can't possibly be true.
What type of figurative language is this?
Personification
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What type of figurative language is this?
Allusion
Personification
Idiom
Simile
The repetition of the same initial consonant sound.
What type of figurative language is this?
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Alliteration
Metaphor
Words whose sounds suggest their meaning. Often called "sound words".
What type of figurative language is this?
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Personification
using one thing (a symbol) to stand for or represent something else
Symbolism
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Hyperbole
My brothers are as loud as cymbals clanging together.
What type of figurative language is shown here?
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Idiom
The new baby was a bundle of joy.
What type of figurative language is used here?
Allusion
Metaphor
Personification
Oxymoron
It felt as if I had walked a million miles to school.
What type of figurative language is used here?
Idiom
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Simile
The bee went buzz when it came close to the pollen.
What type of figurative language is used here:
Alliteration
Personification
Symbolism
Onomatopoeia
The morning sun smiled down on me as I walked to the bus.
What type of figurative language is used here?
Alliteration
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
He helped her hurt head heal.
What type of figurative language is used here?
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Personification
Onomatopoeia
A snowball whooshed past my ear during the snowball fight.
What type of figurative language is used here?
Simile
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
The car engine coughed and cried when it started during the cold winter morning.
What type of figurative language is used here?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Julie Jackson juggled the juicy, jiggly jello.
What type of figurative language is used here?
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Symbolism
The snake went hiss when it encountered its prey.
What type of figurative language is used here?
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Metaphor
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