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Figurative Language- Hampson
Figurative Language- Hampson
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Literary Devices. Some examples are from To Kill a Mockingbird.
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The answer is hyperbole, because it's an exaggeration.
I still don't get it yet.
I understand hyperbole.
2
It is
Alliteration
because it's a repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words
I do not get it yet.
I understand it alliteration.
3
What is a comparison that uses the word like or as?
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Hyperbole
4
Calpurnia said, "He's your guest.
If he wants to eat up the whole tablecloth
then you let him.
This is a hyperbole.
This is an allusion.
This is personification.
This is a metaphor.
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Personification, because it's giving town a human characteristic (tired).
Yup, I got it.
I don't understand it yet.
6
Which is another example of a simile?
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
The rose is an angel's breath.
The rose smells as nice as an angel's breath.
"May the force be with you" refers to Star Wars.
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Which is another example of personification?
Life is like a box of chocolates.
The ceiling danced with metallic light
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
I have a million things to do tonight
8
The answer is Allusion because it is a reference to something well-known.
I don't know this literary device very well yet.
I got that right!
9
"Your nose is growing bigger with that lie" is referring to Pinocchio. This is:
Personification
Allusion
Simile
Alliteration
10
CRACK! BAM! BOOM! SWOOSH! and DRIP are examples of what?
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Assonance
11
What's another example of a hyperbole?
Dad will kill you if you touch those documents!
It's so cold the polar bears are wearing jackets.
I'm sweating bullets it's so hot out.
All of the above.
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The answer is SIMILE because it's a comparison using like or as.
I'm still not good at this one.
I understand simile.
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Another example of alliteration is:
A whole wolfpack wrecked the flowers.
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Walter was giving Wendy a wink.
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The ladies
b
athed
b
efore noon, with frostings of
sw
eat and
sw
eet talcum. In bold is example of:
Metaphor
Alliteration
Simile
Allusion
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Ladies
bathed before noon, and by nightfall
were like soft teacakes.
Which literary device?
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Personification
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"Maycomb was an old town...
it was a tired old town
." The literary device is:
Hyperbole
Personification
Simile
Allusion
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The boy scout was about to shout it out. The same vowel sounds in scout, shout, and out are:
Assonance
Simile
Alliteration
Hyperbole
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Another example of an allusion is:
"Just do it"
All of the above
"May the odds be ever in your favor"
"There's no place like home. There's no place like home..."