Transcript Review for Flex Group - Armstrong School District

Figurative Language
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Figurative Language
• Simile: compares two things using like or as
Ex: The sun was like a ball of fire in the sky.
• Metaphor: compares two things without using
like or as
Ex: The horses’ hoof beats were
thunder as it ran through the canyon.
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Figurative Language
• Personification: gives human qualities to
something that’s not human
Ex: The leaves danced in the breeze.
• Alliteration: repetition of the same sound at the
beginning of words
Ex: While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly
there came a tapping.
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Read the following examples of figurative
language.
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1. I waddle when I walk.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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I waddle when I walk.
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I waddle when I walk.
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2. My little brother is a pain in the
butt.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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3. The kettle hissed as it heated on
the stove.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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4. Her feelings are as fragile as a
teacup.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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5.Lee was so scared being alone in the
house that he turned as white as a
ghost when he heard the noise.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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6. The clouds wept large tears during
the storm.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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7. I work so hard during the year that I
am a couch potato during vacation.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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8. From space, the Earth looks like a
blue and white marble.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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9. Our new stylist is a magician with
hair.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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10. “…give the buried flower a dream;
make the settled snowbank steam.”
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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11. Horns honked angrily as
drivers became more impatient.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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12. The forest was as quiet as a
falling leaf.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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13. The birds shivered when the icy
wind blew.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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14. The full moon is a bright coin in the
night sky.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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15. A bright star winked at me from the
night sky.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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16. The giant’s steps were thunder as
he ran toward Jack.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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17. The first-place trophy proudly
stood on the shelf in Charlie’s room.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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18. Humidity breathed in the girl’s
face and ran its greasy fingers
through her hair.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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19. Halloween haunters hang around
our house.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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20. The kids were fish in the water
since they grew up living by the
lake.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
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