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Figurative language

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What type of figurative language uses a direct comparison between two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'?
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Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification

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Q1
What type of figurative language uses a direct comparison between two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'?
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
30s
Q2
What is the figurative language technique where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas?
Symbolism
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Alliteration
30s
Q3
What type of figurative language exaggerates or overstates for emphasis?
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Alliteration
Hyperbole
30s
Q4
Which figurative language technique is used to make a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
30s
Q5
What type of figurative language gives inanimate objects or abstract concepts human qualities or abilities?
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
30s

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