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Figurative Language

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15 questions
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  • Q1
    That boy put up a fight like a welter-weight cinnamon bear.
    metaphor
    personification
    hyperbole
    simile
    30s
  • Q2
    Arrest seemed but a rosy dream.
    hyperbole
    simile
    personification
    metaphor
    30s
  • Q3
    I went out and caught that boy and shook him until his freckles rattled.
    simile
    metaphor
    hyperbole
    alliteration
    30s
  • Q4
    Coyotes yelped.
    symbolism
    imagery
    personification
    alliteration
    30s
  • Q5
    The scorn of his comrades would be a worse thing to face than the muzzles of many rifles.
    understatement
    hyperbole
    personification
    symbolism
    30s
  • Q6
    Months went by, and still that little cloud of unforgotten cowardice hung above the camp.
    hyperbole/personification
    simile/metaphor
    personification/metaphor
    symbolism/simile
    30s
  • Q7
    There was a town down there, as flat as a flannel-cake.
    simile
    symbolism
    understatement
    metaphor
    30s
  • Q8
    Retribution was creeping up on the hoof-prints of his dapper nags.
    personification
    alliteration
    oxymoron
    understatement
    30s
  • Q9
    Two of the valorous volunteers waited, concealed by beer barrels.
    oxymoron
    alliteration
    anaphora
    epistrophe
    30s
  • Q10
    She began to talk in Spanish, a mournful stream of melancholy music.
    oxymoron
    hyperbole
    alliteration
    simile
    30s
  • Q11
    It was considered an improper act to shoot the bride and groom at a wedding.
    hyperbole
    epistrophe
    oxymoron
    understatement
    30s
  • Q12
    The soul of the man showed itself for a moment like an evil face in the window of a reputable house.
    personification/simile
    simile/hyperbole
    alliteration/anaphora
    metaphor/oxymoron
    30s
  • Q13
    Luck would again run against him.
    epistrophe
    symbolism
    oxymoron
    personification
    30s
  • Q14
    A thundering silence encompassed them both.
    oxymoron
    alliteration
    understatement
    simile
    30s
  • Q15
    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
    simile/metaphor
    oxymoron/paradox
    anaphora/epistrophe
    metaphor/symbolism
    30s

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