Figurative Language Examples Answers – Flashcards
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direct comparison between two unlike things
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He is a roller coaster of emotions.
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Is America a melting pot or a salad bowl?
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You are the sunshine of my life.
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He drowned in a sea of grief.
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Love is a battlefield.
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The test was a breeze for him.
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Don't be such a chicken.
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Simile
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comparison using "like" or "as"
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Simile
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She acts like a puppet on a string.
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Simile
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Blood seeped out of the wound like red teardrops.
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I slept like a log.
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His dry skin was like sandpaper.
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Her laughter was like a warm blanket.
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He looked at the test with a stare as blank as his notebook.
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My love for you is as deep as the ocean.
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Personification
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giving human characteristics to non-human things
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The car squealed happily down the highway.
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Opportunity will soon be knocking at your door.
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A gentle wind softly kissed my cheek.
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The flowers begged for water.
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The stars danced around the night sky.
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The mountains were swallowed by the heavy clouds.
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The tree's arms cradled me.
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Imagery
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description using sensory details (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell)
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The girl ran her hands on the soft satin fabric.
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The red jewels sparkled at her throat.
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The sweet smell of the cookies overwhelmed me.
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He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee.
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The scream reverberated through the silence of the neighborhood.
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Forgive me; they were delicious, so sweet and so cold.
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The cold, sterile room gave me the chills.
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Hyperbole
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exaggeration or overstatement
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My dad is always working.
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Your luggage weighs a ton.
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That was the easiest question in the world.
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I can smell chocolate from a mile away.
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She has a million pairs of shoes in her closet.
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You've made me the happiest man alive.
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He's grown a foot since I saw him last year.
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Pun
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multiple meaning of the same word sound
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I have too many problems in math class.
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Pun
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It's hard to beat scrambled eggs for breakfast.
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The fencing team's hopes of winning were foiled.
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She had a photographic memory but never developed it.
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We were shocked to hear he had been struck by lightning.
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He was having trouble remembering how to fasten the seatbelt, but then it clicked.
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I've been to the dentist many times so I know the drill.
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Oxymoron
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phrase with contradictory ideas
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His mother was awfully nice.
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There was a minor crisis in class today.
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A little pain never hurt anyone.
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She's busy doing nothing.
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The kids were playing alone together.
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The accident was followed by deafening silence.
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We could feel her icy hot glare.
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Symbolism
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use of a concrete object to represent an abstract thought
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The green earth creates hope of the new season.
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Doves were released at the end of the ceremony.
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She felt renewed after a swim in the river.
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He gave her a red rose on their first date.
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Thirteen stripes represent the original colonies.
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They put their hands together to make a heart.
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They all wore black to the funeral.
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Allusion
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reference to a historical, cultural, or literary person, place, or event
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My mother was being a real Scrooge during the holidays.
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I hope someday I'll find Prince Charming.
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The pain went on for forty days and forty nights.
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I didn't realize that by starting the conversation I had opened Pandora's box.
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He thinks he's such an Einstein anytime he answers a question correctly.
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Careful, it looks like your nose might be growing.
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Facebook was her Achilles' heel.
