uses figurative language in comparing two unlike things

What is a line of personification?

giving human abilities/qualities to a nonhuman thing or idea

comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

What is alliteration?

repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of words

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"I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide." -Maya Angelou
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
personification
2
"A broom is drearily sweepingup the broken pieces of yesterday's life." -Jimi Hendrix
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
personification
3
What is a metaphor?
giving human abilities/qualities to a nonhuman thing or idea
exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
uses figurative language in comparing two unlike things
comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
4
Identify the sound device for, "Artificial amateurs aren't at all amazing"
alliteration
onomatopoeia
rhyme
repetition
5
"As we soar walls, every siren is a symphony And every tear's a waterfall"
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
personification
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And my head told my heart, "Let love grow." But my heart told my head, "This time no."
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
7
"on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams Where the city sleeps And I'm the only one and I walk alone"
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
simile
8
Identify the sound device for, "Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head"
onomatopoeia
rhyme
repetition
alliteration
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What is a line of personification?
giving human abilities/qualities to a nonhuman thing or idea
comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
uses figurative language in comparing two unlike things
exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
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What is onomatopoeia?
a set of lines repeated multiple times throughout the song
repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of words
a word that imitates a sound
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What is a simile?
comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
uses figurative language in comparing two unlike things
giving human abilities/qualities to a nonhuman thing or idea
exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
12
What is alliteration?
repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of words
a word that imitates a sound
a set of lines repeated multiple times throughout the song
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I'm like cooler than a polar bear's toenails, bend corners like I was a curve, I struck a nerve
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
simile

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