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Identify Which Figurative Language Is Used For Each Example Provided. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

The salt water soaks into my skin as I lay on the sun-drenched sand.
a) alliteration
b) pun
c) palindrome
d) simile

I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down.
a) alliteration
b) pun
c) palindrome
d) simile

Never odd or even; Hannah
a) alliteration
b) pun
c) palindrome
d) simile

The girl's hair looks like a gold satin ribbon.
a) alliteration
b) pun
c) palindrome
d) simile

Graduating eighth grade was bittersweet
a) oxymoron
b) personification
c) idioms
d) onomotopoeia

The leaves danced in circles on the pavement.
a) oxymoron
b) personification
c) idioms
d) onomotopoeia

Hold your horses; I'll be right there.
a) oxymoron
b) personification
c) idioms
d) onomatopoeia

The magician tapped the wand on the bunny. Poof! It disappeared.
a) oxymoron
b) personification
c) idioms
d) onomatopoeia

Weird Al Yankovic does an imitation of Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' and sings 'Eat It.'
a) parody
b) hyperbole
c) connotation
d) metaphor

I've told you a million times to clean up your room.
a) parody
b) hyperbole
c) connotation
d) metaphor

I would like to buy a previously owned (not used) car.
a) parody
b) hyperbole
c) connotation
d) metaphor

This job fair is a circus.
a) parody
b) hyperbole
c) connotation
d) metaphor

The local fire department building burned down.
a) irony
b) sarcasm
c) satire
d) cliche

If your friend gets an F on a test and you say to them, 'Wow, you're really smart.'
a) sarcasm
b) satire
c) cliche
d) paradox

The Simpsons cartoon doing a scene on going to the Mapple Store.
a) sarcasm
b) satire
c) cliche
d) paradox

Hallmark Christmas movies all seem to be very similar and are considered very ____.
a) sarcasm
b) satire
c) cliche
d) paradox

How can Pinocchio yearn to be a real boy if he has no emotions to begin with?
a) irony
b) cliche
c) sarcasm
d) paradox

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