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A comparison between two things without using like or as
a) metaphor
b) onomatopoeia
c) personification
d) simile

Comparison of two things using like or as
a) metaphor
b) onomatopoea
c) personification
d) simile

Words resemble the real sound they refer to
a) metaphor
b) onomatopoeia
c) personification
d) simile

Gives inanimate objects human characteristics and feelings
a) metaphor
b) onomatopoeia
c) personification
d) simile

Repeated consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning of words
a) alliteration
b) hyperbole
c) idiom
d) oxymoron

Exaggeration or overstatement used for effect
a) alliteration
b) hyperbole
c) idiom
d) oxymoron

Taken literally, means something other than it does figuratively
a) alliteration
b) hyperbole
c) idiom
d) oxymoron

Two opposite ideas/meanings are joined together to create an effect
a) alliteration
b) hyperbole
c) idiom
d) oxymoron

Identify the example of a metaphor.
a) The dog was a giant in the flowers.
b) The dog growled at the cat.
c) The dog was as soft as the petals on the flowers.
d) The dog was studying the flowers.

Identify the example of a simile.
a) The dog was a giant in the flowers.
b) The dog growled at the cat.
c) The dog was as soft as the petals on the flowers.
d) The dog was studying the flowers.

Identify the example of a onomatopoeia.
a) The dog was a giant in the flowers.
b) The dog growled at the cat.
c) The dog was as soft as the petals on the flowers.
d) The dog was studying the flowers.

Identify the example of a personification.
a) The dog was a giant in the flowers.
b) The dog growled at the cat.
c) The dog was as soft as the petals on the flowers.
d) The dog was studying the flowers.

Identify the example of an alliteration.
a) Kate caught the cat before it could climb on the car.
b) Kate was so fast she could have out run the car.
c) Kate saved the day when she captured the cat.
d) Kate said the cat was pretty ugly.

Identify the example of a hyperbole.
a) Kate caught the cat before it could climb on the car.
b) Kate was so fast she could have out run the car.
c) Kate saved the day when she captured the cat.
d) Kate said the cat was pretty ugly.

Identify the example of an idiom.
a) Kate caught the cat before it could climb on the car.
b) Kate was so fast she could have out run the car.
c) Kate saved the day when she captured the cat.
d) Kate said the cat was pretty ugly.

Identify the example of an oxymoron.
a) Kate caught the cat before it could climb on the car.
b) Kate was so fast she could have out run the car.
c) Kate saved the day when she captured the cat.
d) Kate said the cat was pretty ugly.

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