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What figurative language is used in: 'My cousin isn't as cool as me.'
Simile
What figurative language is represented in: 'It was as hot as a desert outside.'
Simile
What type of figurative language is used in: 'If we have a lot of homework I am going to cry my eyes out.'
Hyperbole
What figurative language is in the phrase: 'I heard a crack after I landed on my elbow.'
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Identify the figurative language in: 'My brother drives me nuts.'
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What figurative language is illustrated by: 'Mom says we make her crazy.'
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What figure of speech is found in: 'The soccer game was a piece of cake for my team.'
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What figurative language is in: 'I am starving!'
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What type of figurative language is present in: 'I slammed my books on the desk.'
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Identify the figurative language in: 'Bill Gates is rich.'
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What figurative language is used in: 'Albert Einstein was a smart man.'
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What type of figurative language is illustrated by: 'We kicked the other team's butt.'
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What figurative language is found in: 'The dog was a smart cookie.'
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What figurative language is represented in: 'I was asleep for days.'
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Identify the figurative language used in: 'The dinner at the restaurant was better than what dad makes.'
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What type of figurative language is used in: 'I snapped my fingers to the beat of a song.'
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What figurative language is found in: 'My dog is crazier than my brother.'
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What type of figurative language is represented in: 'What comes around goes around.'
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Identify the figurative language in: 'My mom made maple donuts on Monday.'
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What figurative language is used in: 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'
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What figurative language is captured in: 'The flowers gulped up all the water.'
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Identify the figurative language in: 'You look like you have ants in your pants.'
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Study Notes
Figurative Language Types
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Simile: A comparison using "as" or "like."
- Example: "My cousin isn't as cool as me."
- Example: "It was as hot as a desert outside."
- Example: "The dinner at the restaurant was better than what dad makes."
- Example: "My dog is crazier than my brother."
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Hyperbole: An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
- Example: "If we have a lot of homework I am going to cry my eyes out."
- Example: "I am starving!"
- Example: "I was asleep for days."
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Onomatopoeia: A word that imitates a sound.
- Example: "I heard a crack after I landed on my elbow."
- Example: "I slammed my books on the desk."
- Example: "I snapped my fingers to the beat of a song."
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Idiom: A phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the individual words.
- Example: "My brother drives me nuts."
- Example: "Mom says we make her crazy."
- Example: "We kicked the other team's butt."
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Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
- Example: "The soccer game was a piece of cake for my team."
- Example: "The dog was a smart cookie."
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Understatement: A statement that minimizes the importance of something.
- Example: "Bill Gates is rich."
- Example: "Albert Einstein was a smart man."
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Cliché: An overused expression that may have lost its original meaning.
- Example: "What comes around goes around."
- Example: "You look like you have ants in your pants."
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Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words.
- Example: "My mom made maple donuts on Monday."
- Example: "She sells sea shells by the sea shore."
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Personification: Attribution of human qualities to non-human entities.
- Example: "The flowers gulped up all the water."
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Test your knowledge of figurative language with these flashcards! This quiz covers a variety of examples including similes, hyperboles, onomatopoeia, and idioms. Perfect for anyone looking to enhance their understanding of literary devices.
