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| The words "like" or "as" are used to compare two things. |
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| It compares two things without using "like" or "as". It states that one thing IS something else. |
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Simile or Metaphor?
Jake is a wizard with computers. |
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Simile or Metaphor?
The car seat was as hot as a frying pan. |
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Simile or Metaphor?
The week-old bread was like a rock. |
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Simile or Metaphor?
Lucy's room is a pigsty. |
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This gives human qualities (actions, feelings, thoughts) to nonhuman
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| A word that sounds like its meaning. |
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Personification or Onomatopoeia?
Jake sniffled all day long. |
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Personification or Onomatopoeia?
The shy moon hid behind the clouds. |
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Personification or Onomatopoeia?
The party died soon after Jessica left. |
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Personification or Onomatopoeia?
The door creaked as I opened it. |
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When the beginning sound of a word is repeated two or more
times in a phrase or sentence. |
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| When a statement is exaggerated to make a point. |
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alliteration or hyperbole?
I've asked you to stop a million times! |
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alliteration or hyperbole?
Please pass the plate. |
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alliteration or hyperbole?
They were beautiful blue butterflies in the sky. |
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alliteration or hyperbole?
Even a baby could pass that test! |
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A well-known phrase that means something different than what the
words seem to mean. |
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Idiom or simile?
That was a piece of cake. |
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Idiom or simile?
Mr. Jenkin's hat was as flat as a pancake after I sat on it. |
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Idiom or metaphor?
Jake's bedroom is a disaster area. |
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Idiom or metaphor?
I'm feeling under the weather today. |
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Idiom or personification?
Quit pulling my leg and tell me the plan! |
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Personification or alliteration?
The wilted flowers begged for water. |
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Alliteration or hyperbole?
I'm dying to see the new movie! |
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