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Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Personification
Hyperbole
Idiom
A simile is a
comparison of two things
using the words like or as.
He was as angry as a hornet defending its hive.
A.My dog is a pig when he eats.
B.My dog eats like a pig.
C.My dog devours donuts.
D.My dog eats a ton of food
each day.
The answer is B.
A metaphor is a direct
comparison of two things.
(It doesn’t use like or as.)
She is a bear when she wakes up in the morning.
A.My parents think my little
sister is an angel.
B.I think my sister is as
devious as a fox.
A. She has my parents
snowballed.
B.My silly sister, Sally, is six.
The answer is A.
An onomatopoeia is a word that sounds
like the sound it names.
The bacon sizzled in the frying pan.
A. When we awoke, a storm
greeted us.
B. The thunder sounded like a
freight train barreling toward us.
C. Thunder boomed all around us.
D. It’s raining cats and dogs
outside!
The answer is C.
Alliteration is repeated sounds at the
beginning of words.
Please plan to be present at Paxton’s pirate
and princess party.
A.The flowers in the garden beckoned me.
B. My grandma has a green
thumb.
C. Ryan gives Rachel red
roses regularly.
D. The garden is a rainbow
of colors.
The answer is C.
Personification is
when an object is given
human qualities.
The kite danced happily across the sky.
A. My brother is a library of
information.
B. It’s time to hit the books.
C. The book was begging me to
pick it up and start reading it.
D. Ben likes books about
baseball.
The answer is C.
A hyperbole is
an extreme exaggeration.
I’ve told you a million times to CLEAN YOUR ROOM!
A. Dad sounds like a saw when
he sleeps.
B. He’s been sleeping forever!
C. Bill got up on the wrong side
of the bed today!
D. The bed is calling my name.
The answer is B.
An idiom is a common saying with a meaning
completely different from its dictionary
meaning.
It’s raining cats and dogs!
A. Hold your horses!
B. He is a racehorse when he
runs.
C. Clip-clop. Sam rode his horse
along the path.
D. Gabe treats his horse like a
princess.
The answer is A.
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A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Idiom
D. Hyperbole
E. Personification
Hyperbole
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A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Idiom
D. Hyperbole
E. Personification
Personification
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A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Idiom
D. Hyperbole
E. Personification
Metaphor
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A. Alliteration
B. Personification
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Simile
E. Idiom
Idiom
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A. Alliteration
B. Personification
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Simile
E. Idiom
Onomatopoeia
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A. Alliteration
B. Personification
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Simile
E. Idiom
Simile
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A. Alliteration
B. Personification
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Simile
E. Idiom
Alliteration
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A. Alliteration
B. Personification
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Simile
E. Idiom
Onomatopoeia
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A. Metaphor
B. Personification
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Alliteration
E. Hyperbole
Hyperbole
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A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Alliteration
E. Hyperbole
Alliteration
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A. Metaphor
B. Personification
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Alliteration
E. Hyperbole
metaphor
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A. Simile
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Personification
D. Idiom
E. Hyperbole
Idiom
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A. Simile
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Personification
D. Idiom
E. Hyperbole
Simile
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A. Simile
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Personification
D. Idiom
E. Hyperbole
personification
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A. Simile
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Personification
D. Idiom
E. Hyperbole
Idiom