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Dad said, "I'm so hungry I could eat a million turkeys." What type of figurative language?
What is hyperbole?
100
What adjectives does the author use to create imagery in this sentence? The crimson leaves fluttered in the blustery wind as the glowing sun sank for the day.
What are crimson, blustery and glowing?
100
Uncle Jackson was a skyscraper standing next to Grandmother. This metaphor means that Uncle Jack (A) was feeling superior to Grandmother, (B) was much taller than Grandmother, (C) was playing a joke on Grandmother by standing in a chair, (D) was clowning around.
B was much taller
100
After our Thanksgiving dinner, my brother and I were couch potatoes watching football games. Figurative language?
What is a metaphor?
100
Write a sentence about fall or Thanksgiving that includes a simile.
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200
Tom tasted the tasty turkey. What type of figurative language?
What is alliteration?
200
The huge pile of raked leaves was a mountain of joy. What type of figurative language?
What is a metaphor?
200
I was as anxious as a turkey on the day before Thanksgiving. What type of figurative language?
What is simile?
200
My mom told me a million times not to chew with my mouth open at dinner. Figurative language?
What is hyperbole?
200
Write a sentence about fall or Thanksgiving that includes alliteration.
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300
I was as stuffed as a turkey when we were done with dinner. What type of figurative language?
What is a simile?
300
The first snow sparkled in the trees like mounds of tiny diamonds. The figure of speech in the above sentence is
What is a simile?
300
She has a heart of gold inviting the hungry strangers to her Thanksgiving meal.
What is a metaphor?
300
The pumpkin pie was as hot as lava when it came out of the oven. figurative language?
What is simile?
300
Write a sentence about fall or Thanksgiving that includes a hyperbole.
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400
"Gobble, Gobble!" squawked the turkey as it ran around the pen. What type of figurative language?
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Farewell to Autumn, his visit now done. His silhouette fades in the setting sun. What two types of figurative language?
What is personification and alliteration?
400
"This is the best gravy in the whole entire world!" my sister exclaimed. What type of figurative language?
What is hyperbole?
400
The glass clinked when we made a toast at dinner. Figurative language?
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Write a sentence about fall or Thanksgiving that includes personification.
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500
Let's talk turkey the next time you visit. Two types of figurative language?
What are an idiom and alliteration?
500
A cluster of leaves trying to find shelter from the chilly wind scurried in through the opened back door. The movement of the flying leaves is what type of figurative language?
What is personification?
500
Grandpa's stomach was as round and full as Santa's. What two types of figurative language?
What are simile and allusion?
500
Our meal was much better than Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving feast.
What is an allusion?
500
Write a sentence about fall or Thanksgiving that includes a metaphor.
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