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Define Me!
Examples Galore!
Literal or Figurative?
What Am I?
What Am I? Part 2
100
extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
100

The blind leading the blind. 

Idiom

100
I was so mad I stomped out of the room.
Literal
100
Best Buy, Coca-Cola, and Bed, Bath, and Beyond are examples of what?
Alliteration
100
I am dying of embarrassment.
hyperbole
200
giving human qualities to non-living thing
personification
200

His parents took the keys to his wheels when he didn't return home by his curfew. 

synecdoche

200

It was raining cats and dogs.

Figurative

200
This place is like a Garden of Eden. What type of figurative language is used, and what does it mean?
Allusion- Garden of Eden The place is very beautiful.
200
The lion spit out the clown because he tasted funny.
pun
300
Repeating a consonant sound over and over again
alliteration
300

Sleepy feet sweep and walk the streets. 

Assonance

300

I was so happy I was on Cloud 9.

Figurative

300
Meow, moo, tweet
Onomatopoeia
300
Her cheeks are red like a rose.
Simile
400

A comparison of two things without using like, as or than

Metaphor

400

Shawn ate jumbo shrimp for dinner. 

Oxymoron

400
It was raining so hard the ditches were overflowing.
Literal.
400

The assignment was a breeze.

Metaphor - Assignment and breeze are being compared.

400
She is awfully pretty.
oxymoron
500
two opposite words are used together, such as "freezer burn"
oxymoron
500

Be sure to pay attention, we are going to cover a lot of ground in the upcoming unit of study. 

Idiom

500

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Figurative

500
The fire swallowed the entire forest.
personification
500

Someone complains about the amount of time people spend on social media through an Instagram post.

Irony