Figurative Language Quiz Middle School – Flashcards
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Metaphor
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Comparing two unlike objects without using like or as
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Alliteration
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The repeating of the same consonant sound at beginning of three or more words in a sentence.
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Stanza
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This is what paragraphs are called in a poem.
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Hyperbole
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Uses exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect in written language.
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Simile
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A comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
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Idiom
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Phrase that has a meaning different from its literal meaning.
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Onomatopoeia
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The use of words that sound like what they mean.
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Personification
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Describing an animal or object using human qualities.
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Simile
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Her eyes are like the pearls of the sea.
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Metaphor
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Beautiful, shining, flags waving freedom in the wind.
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Alliteration
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The long, limber, lazy man slept all day.
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Hyperbole
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Kim loves chocolate so much she would work ten years for a bag of M&Ms.
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Personification
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The frightened mouse screamed it was afraid of the cat.
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Onomatopoeia
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The bee said to its friend, "What's the buzz?"
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Metaphor
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Unlike objects compared without like or as
