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Her smile was as sweet as sunshine on a rainy day.
a) Hyperbole
b) metaphor
c) personification
d) simile

The raindrops danced along the window pane.
a) Personification
b) hyperbole
c) simile
d) metaphor

The woman gave a huge donation to the church because she had a heart of gold.
a) hyperbole
b) metaphor
c) simile
d) personification

The apartment was so dirty that you would need a hazmat team to enter it.
a) personification
b) metaphor
c) hyperbole
d) simile

The kitten played as quietly as a dormouse.
a) metaphor
b) simile
c) hyperbole
d) personification

The wooden table was as solid as a rock.
a) metaphor
b) hyperbole
c) simile
d) personification

The clouds are puffy marshmellows
a) hyperbole
b) personification
c) simile
d) metaphor

Smart as a whip is an example of what type of figurative language?
a) hyperbole
b) metaphor
c) simile
d) metaphor

Her heart is as cold as ice
a) hyperbole
b) simile
c) metaphor
d) personification

Flying so high I touched the sky
a) hyperbole
b) simile
c) metaphor
d) personification

“Her face is like a sunbeam,” is an example of what type of figurative language?
a) Onomatopoeia
b) Metaphor
c) simile
d) hyperbole

The tropical storm slept for two days,” is an example of what type of figurative language?
a) Metaphor
b) personification
c) smilie
d) hyperbole

I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home! What type of figurative language is used here?
a) Hyperbole
b) personification
c) metaphor
d) similie

Which of the following contains an example of allusion?
a) Which of the following contains an example of allusion?
b) Life's a dance you learn as you go
c) We're from the country and we like it that way.
d) We're from the country and we like it that way.

What is a literary technique in which two contradictory words come together for a special effect? For example, original copy or jumbo shrimp.
a) hyperbole
b) oxymoron
c) personification
d) idiom

What is the use of words and phrases in an unusual way? Writers often use this to make their writing more colorful, powerful, and interesting. Examples include simile, metaphor, irony, and personification.
a) Figurative language
b) text structure
c) sensory image
d) Rhyming

Let us go forth and lead the land we love contains an example of what type of figurative language?
a) Onomatopoeia
b) mood
c) theme
d) alliteration

We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon. In this poem by Gwendolyn Brooks, what poetic device is used?
a) repetition
b) theme
c) Onomatopoeia
d) similie

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