Question 1

What does the word metaphor mean?

Accepted Answer

comparison of two or more things not using "like" or "as"

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words that imitate the sound it is describing

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when two words share the final sound

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exaggeration for effect

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

Accepted Answer

"His feet were like baby dolphins"

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"the beetle stank"

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"the house was monstrous"

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"her hair was gleeming"

Question 3

Which of the following sentences is an example of personification?

Accepted Answer

The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard.

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The snails crept along the sidewalk, moving as slowly as a glacier.

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The slimy eel slithered through the seaweed.

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The stand of trees was a festival of color that fall.

Question 4

What is an example of hyperbole?

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I have a ton of homework.

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I have more homework than you.

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This sweet tea tastes fantastic.

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My feet are sore.

Question 5

What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence?  It's going to take a thousand years to finish all this homework.

Accepted Answer

hyperbole

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simile

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idiom

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metaphor

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