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The purpose of figurative language is to:
a) Paint a picture in the reader's mind
b) To make something clearer to the reader.
c) All of the above
d)

Any word, object, character, or action used to stand for something else.
a) Personification
b) Symbolism
c) Hyperbole
d)

An expression peculiar to itself grammatically or that cannot be understood if taken literally
a) simile
b) metaphor
c) idiom
d)

Giving human attributes and/or feelings to an idea or thing as if it were human.
a) personification
b) simile
c) allusion
d)

An exaggeration to make emphasis and heighten the overall effect (comic or serious) of a work
a) personification
b) allusion
c) hyperbole
d)

A comparison to two unlike objects using the word like or as.
a) simile
b) metaphor
c) personification
d)

A comparison of two unlike objects without the use of the words like or as.
a) simile
b) metaphor
c) idiom
d)

A reference, usually brief, to a person, place, thing, or event with which the reader is presumably familiar.
a) hyperbole
b) allusion
c) personification
d)

Figurative Language is ONLY used in poetry.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

The curtain was waving to everyone every time the wind blew through the open window. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
a) personification
b) simile
c) idiom
d)

My father was the sun and the moon to me. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
a) simile
b) idiom
c) metaphor
d)

I was so hungry that I even ate the plate. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
a) simile
b) hyperbole
c) personification
d)

The tree angrily shook its branches during the storm. What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence?
a) idiom
b) personification
c) symbolism
d)

Her head was so full of ideas that it was ready to burst wide open. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
a) idiom
b) simile
c) allusion
d)

The baby was like an octopus, grabbing for everything in sight. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
a) metaphor
b) personification
c) simile
d)

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