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Figurative Language2
Practice identifying examples of figurative language!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| My love for you is a deep as the ocean. | Simile |
| America is a melting pot. | Metaphor |
| I will love you forever and ever! | Hyperbole |
| Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name. | Personification |
| "Oh Billy, I wish you knew how much I love you," Mary sighed all alone in her room. | Apostrophe |
| An old soul was buried in the hole by the pole. | Assonance |
| Ten thousand theives tricked the truck driver. | Alliteration |
| "The dark clouds lifted" was said to show the problem was solved. | Symbolism |
| "Are you paying with plastic or cash?" asked the cashier. | Synecdoche |
| The desert is a little hot and dry. | Understatement |
| "Give me your ear," the teacher said, wanting the students to listen to him. | Metonymy |
| The construction worker bit off more than he could chew, and didn't finish his work on time. | Idiom |
| The story "The Grasshopper and the Ant" is about an ant who is working hard to get ready for winter, and a grasshopper who is making fun of the ant and not getting ready for summer. The ant then lives through the summer and the grasshopper dies. | Allegory |
| The loud bang of the gun scared all the ducks away. | Onomatopoeia |
| They fought like cats and dogs. | Simile |
| Life is a dream. | Metaphor |
| That book was so popular, it flew off the shelves | Personification |
| This is the worst day of my life! | Hyperbole |
| "Poor Charles," Tony said as he put roses on the grave. | Apostrophe |
| Carl climbed courageously up the cliff. | Alliteration |
| Is it true Lou made stew for you? | Assonance |
| The color black often represents death. | Symbolism |
| My cut needed stiches, but I didn't want my mom to worry, so I told her it was only a scratch. | Understatement |
| The youth could not even reach the top shelf of the pantry. | Metonymy |
| My friend let the cat out of the bag, and now my whole school knows about the surprise party. | Idiom |
| Land ho! All hands on deck! | Synecdoche |
| The chips crunched in my mouth. | Onomatopoeia |
| The Dog and his Shadow - where the dog sees his reflection in a river, and thinks the "other dog" has a larger piece of meat. He drops the one he's holding to grab the other meat, and loses the meat in the water and then has none. | Allegory |
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sstevick
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