Figurative Language
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Which meaning is this of? A comparison using "like" or "as" (Example: as pretty as a flower; as cold as an iceberg)
What is the meaning of a simile.
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What category is the phrase, "A dime a dozen" in? Idiom or Hyperbole?
What is in the category of idiom.
200
Which meaning is this of? A comparison in which one thing is referred to as if it were another. (Example: Life is a journey)
What is the meaning of a metaphor.
200
In which category is the phrase, "I thought I was going to die" in? An idiom or a hyperbole?
What is in the category of hyperbole.
300
Which is this the meaning of? Giving a non-human human characteristics. (Example: 'The Three Little Pigs' talk.)
What is the meaning of personification.
300
Which category is the phrase, "He got a taste of his own medicine" in? An idiom or a hyperbole?
What is in the category of idiom.
400
Which is the meaning of this? Words with the same first consonant sound occurring close together. (Example: Cara's crazy cat.)
What is the meaning of alliteration.
400
In which category is the phrase, "The whole world stared at me" in? An idiom or a hyperbole?
What is in the category hyperbole.
500
Which meaning is this of? A phrase in which the figurative meaning of the whole group of words is different from the literal meaning of each individual word. (Example: Raining cats and dogs; kicked the bucket.)
What is the meaning of idiom.
500
Which category is the phrase, "Sleeping like a dog" in? An idiom or a hyperbole?
What is in the category idiom.