Figurative Language Review

Question 1

On pins and needles.

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Anxious

Question 2

Pushing up daiseys

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Dead

Question 3

The skyscraper was taller than any other buildings in New York City.

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Compound Noun

Question 4

An exaggerated statement or claim.

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Hyperbole

Question 5

A slap on the wrist

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Weak punishment

Question 6

An advance hint of what is to come in the story.

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Foreshadowing

Question 7

The wind was screaming down the valley, scaring the school children.

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Personification

Question 8

History is a circle that repeats generation after generation.

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Metaphor

Question 9

Bobby had thousands of chores to complete before he could play the game.

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Hyperbole

Question 10

Those toddlers are little rug rats that cause constant annoyances at their daycare.

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Metaphor

Question 11

The barn owl sang a beautiful song throughout the evening's meal.

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Personification

Question 12

Bought the farm.

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Died

Question 13

Basket case

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Crazy

Question 14

A nest egg.

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Money saved for later

Question 15

The referee was as blind as a bat according to all of the football players on the field.

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Simile

Question 16

The store around the corner has computers for sale all month.

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Preposition

Question 17

All ears.

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Attentively listening

Question 18

Wild goose chase.

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Unsolvable task

Question 19

George is a night owl, he often plays video games until the early hours of the morning.

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Metaphor

Question 20

Mikey threw the glass plate at his brother, crash, bang, boom rang out of the room.

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Onomatopoeia

Question 21

Under the weather.

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Sick

Question 22

Tied the knot.

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Married

Question 23

As Sam was walking through the garden, squish went the rotten vegetables.

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Onomatopoeia

Question 24

The dancing flames of the camp fire distracted the campers late last night.

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Personification

Question 25

The teacher's instructions were as clear as a bell, but Pedro was still confused.

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Simile

Question 26

Piece of cake.

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Easy

Question 27

The world is a stage, you play any role you wish.

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Metaphor

Question 28

Cole is a huge teddy bear that would never hurt another human being.

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Metaphor

Question 29

Eat their hearts out

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Jealous

Question 30

Boom! the bat slammed the baseball out of the stadium.

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Onomatopoeia

Question 31

No dice

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Unable to do some activity

Question 32

A red-herring

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Distraction

Question 33

When a non-human object is given human-like traits.

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Personification

Question 34

When their grandmother died, the brothers had to pick up the pieces of the family.

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Idiom

Question 35

The elderly former construction worker had hands of stone from many years of hard labor.

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Metaphor

Question 36

Built like an ox.

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Strong

Question 37

During the plague, death walked the streets of Italy.

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Personification

Question 38

Hit the hay

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Go to bed

Question 39

Pulling your leg.

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Joking

Question 40

The baseball player hit a grand slam, sending the baseball over the left field wall.

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Preposition

Figurative Language Review

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Figurative Language Review

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