Introduction to Figurative Language- Day 1
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
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| He has a heart of gold | show 🗑
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| show | personification
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| show | alliteration
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| A comparison using like or as is a/an | show 🗑
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| An expression that is not meant to be taken literally | show 🗑
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| show | onomatopoeia
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| A comparison of two nouns that don’t use like or as | show 🗑
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| The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains. | show 🗑
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| The fly buzzed past us. | show 🗑
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| show | personification
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| Charming children chat in the corner. | show 🗑
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| show | hyperbole
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| My life is a dream of wonders. | show 🗑
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| show | idiom
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| show | onomatopoeia
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| a comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification. | show 🗑
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| when two or more close words have the same vowel sound, light and fire both have the long i sound | show 🗑
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| show | anaphora
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| show | euphemism
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| figure of speech using contradictory terms- Example: She is awfully nice. | show 🗑
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| show | synecdoche
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| A play on words- Example: I was struggling to figure out how lightning works then it struck me. | show 🗑
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| show | personification
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| The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky. | show 🗑
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| show | hyperbole
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| It's a slow burg. | show 🗑
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| show | hyperbole
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| Every single day you let me down. Every single day you make me mad. Every single day you do such silly things! | show 🗑
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| I had to walk 15 miles to school in the snow, uphill. | show 🗑
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| You could have knocked me over with a feather. | show 🗑
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| It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom,... | show 🗑
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| A chip on your shoulder - means you are holding a grudge | show 🗑
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| Sick as a dog - means you are very ill | show 🗑
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| show | idiom
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| show | idiom
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| “Out of the blue” means something happens that was unexpected. | show 🗑
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| The world is my oyster. | show 🗑
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| show | metaphor
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| show | metaphor
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| He has a heart of stone. | show 🗑
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| show | metaphor
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| You are my sunshine. | show 🗑
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| Busy as a bee. | show 🗑
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| show | simile
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| show | simile
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| He stood out like a sore thumb. | show 🗑
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| show | simile
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| My mouth was as dry as a bone. | show 🗑
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| show | personification
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| show | personification
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| The sky was full of dancing stars. | show 🗑
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| The vines wove their fingers together to form a braid. | show 🗑
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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