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Enrichment Block - Reading Comprehension (POETRY) - figurative language
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1
The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.
onomatopoeia
simile
personification
metaphor
2
The fly buzzed past us.
personification
onomatopoeia
alliteration
simile
3
"a fire station burning down"
symbol
allusion
idiom
irony
4
What is the correct definition of a symbol?
an extreme exaggeration
a phrase that contrasts two objects
something that represents something else
giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
5
The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.
metaphor
idiom
simile
hyperbole
6
What is the correct definition of hyperbole?
an extreme exaggeration
giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
a comparison NOT using the words "like" or "as"
a word that imitates a sound
7
Her face is like a sunbeam.
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia
personification
8
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
9
What is a literary technique in which 2 contradictory words come together for a special effect?
idiom
oxymoron
simile
hyperbole
10
What is the correct definition of alliteration?
the repetition of beginning sounds
an extreme exaggeration
a word that imitates a sound
an expression that means more than it is
11
"When pigs fly!"
hyperbole
allusion
idiom
irony
12
The tropical storm slept for two days.
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
13
He clattered and banged as he washed the dishes.
idiom
personification
alliteration
onomatopoeia
14
It really burned me up when you yelled at me.
alliteration
idiom
simile
personification
15
I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!
simile
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
16
Charming children chat in the corner.
alliteration
idiom
hyperbole
personification
17
What is the correct definition of a metaphor?
a phrase that contrasts 2 objects
a comparison using the words "like" or "as"
giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
a comparison NOT using the words "like" or "as"
18
We had to wait forever!
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
personification
19
My life is a dream of wonders.
metaphor
personification
idiom
simile
20
What is the correct definition of a simile?
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
