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A. A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as B. A comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as Choice AChoice B You can right click on the blue buttons to change the words. Keep in mind that Choice A is the correct answer and Choice B is the wrong answer. You can move them around on the slide (so the right answer is not always on the right), but be sure that when you show the quiz, that the buttons go to the right place.

A simile compares two unlike things using the words like or as. Example: When the telephone rang, Cindy shot out of her chair like a cannon.

A. A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as B. A comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as Choice AChoice B You can right click on the blue buttons to change the words. Keep in mind that Choice A is the correct answer and Choice B is the wrong answer. You can move them around on the slide (so the right answer is not always on the right), but be sure that when you show the quiz, that the buttons go to the right place.

A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as. Example: We would have had more pizza to eat if Tammy hadn’t been such a hog.

A. states that one thing is something else, without using like or as B. the repetition of the initial consonant sounds in 2 or more neighboring words Choice AChoice B You can right click on the blue buttons to change the words. Keep in mind that Choice A is the correct answer and Choice B is the wrong answer. You can move them around on the slide (so the right answer is not always on the right), but be sure that when you show the quiz, that the buttons go to the right place.

Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant sounds in 2 or more neighboring words. Example: Sam saw Sue sneak a sandwich.

A. an expression whose meaning does not follow the meaning of the individual words of which it is composed B. deliberate exaggeration as a figure of speech Choice AChoice B You can right click on the blue buttons to change the words. Keep in mind that Choice A is the correct answer and Choice B is the wrong answer. You can move them around on the slide (so the right answer is not always on the right), but be sure that when you show the quiz, that the buttons go to the right place.

An idiom is an expression whose meaning does not follow the meaning of the individual words of which it is composed. Example: At the end of the marking period, the student was hanging on by a thread to keep an A in the class.

A. deliberate exaggeration as a figure of speech B. a comparison using like or as Choice AChoice B You can right click on the blue buttons to change the words. Keep in mind that Choice A is the correct answer and Choice B is the wrong answer. You can move them around on the slide (so the right answer is not always on the right), but be sure that when you show the quiz, that the buttons go to the right place.

A hyperbole is deliberate exaggeration as a figure of speech. Example: My mother’s lecture on good manners lasted a whole year.

an expression whose meaning does not follow the meaning of the individual words of which it is composed giving human characteristics, feelings, or action to inanimate objects Choice AChoice B You can right click on the blue buttons to change the words. Keep in mind that Choice A is the correct answer and Choice B is the wrong answer. You can move them around on the slide (so the right answer is not always on the right), but be sure that when you show the quiz, that the buttons go to the right place.

Personification is giving human characteristics, feelings, or action to inanimate objects. Example: The sheets danced in the wind as they dried.

Which of the following is a simile? A. She had a heart-shaped face. B. Her hair was as black as coal. Choice AChoice B

Which of the following is a simile? A. When my hair got damp, it hung limp as a dead cat. B. This room is a pigpen. Choice AChoice B

Which of the following is a metaphor? A. The skies cried great drops of tears. B. Her emerald eyes were beautiful. Choice AChoice B

Which of the following is a metaphor? A. The words were a lightning bolt. B. I felt like a wind-up toy going in crazy circles. Choice AChoice B

Which of the following contains alliteration? A. My baby brother, Bob, borrowed my blue balloon. B. My mixed up emotions were eating me alive. Choice AChoice B

Which of the following contains alliteration? A. The jersey was about 14 sizes too big for her. B. Howdy Highpockets handed Harry a horse. Choice AChoice B

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole? A. That woman is wearing six pounds of make-up. B. The teacher seems to have eyes in the back of her head. Choice AChoice B

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole? A. Our jackets became ten-pound weights on my arms. B. I’m on cloud nine. Choice AChoice B

Which sentence is an example of personification? A. That was probably the longest meal of my life. B. The china danced on the shelves during the earthquake. Choice AChoice B

Which sentence is an example of personification? A. I was so annoyed by my brother that I told him to go fly a kite. B. The old car choked and sputtered down the street until it died. Choice AChoice B

Which sentence contains an idiom? A. I’m starved. B. At the end of the marking period, the student was hanging on by a thread to keep an A in the class. Choice AChoice B

Which sentence contains an idiom? A. My mom turned 40 last week, so we kept telling her she was over the hill. B. If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million times, bring a pencil to class. Choice AChoice B

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