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Enrichment Block - Reading Comprehension (POETRY) - figurative language
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What is the correct definition of a simile?
a comparison NOT using the words "like" or "as"
a comparison using the words "like" or "as"
giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
a phrase that contrasts 2 objects
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The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.
simile
hyperbole
idiom
metaphor
3
Her face is like a sunbeam.
metaphor
onomatopoeia
personification
simile
4
"When pigs fly!"
allusion
hyperbole
idiom
irony
5
What is a literary technique in which 2 contradictory words come together for a special effect?
simile
hyperbole
oxymoron
idiom
6
What is the correct definition of a metaphor?
a phrase that contrasts 2 objects
a comparison using the words "like" or "as"
a comparison NOT using the words "like" or "as"
giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
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"a fire station burning down"
irony
idiom
allusion
symbol
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The fly buzzed past us.
alliteration
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
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What is the correct definition of alliteration?
the repetition of beginning sounds
a word that imitates a sound
an extreme exaggeration
an expression that means more than it is
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We had to wait forever!
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
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Charming children chat in the corner.
alliteration
hyperbole
personification
idiom
12
The tropical storm slept for two days.
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
13
What is the correct definition of a symbol?
an extreme exaggeration
something that represents something else
a phrase that contrasts two objects
giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
14
It really burned me up when you yelled at me.
alliteration
idiom
personification
simile
15
I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
16
What is the correct definition of hyperbole?
giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
an extreme exaggeration
a word that imitates a sound
a comparison NOT using the words "like" or "as"
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What is the correct definition of onomatopoeia?
a comparison using the words "like" or "as"
an extreme exaggeration
giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
a word that imitates a sound
18
He clattered and banged as he washed the dishes.
onomatopoeia
alliteration
idiom
personification
19
The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.
simile
personification
metaphor
onomatopoeia
20
My life is a dream of wonders.
simile
metaphor
idiom
personification
