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Fact or Opinion?
100
Simile
What is a comparision between two things using the words "like" or "as".
100
Alliteration
What is the term that means the repeation of the same beginning sounds in a group of words.
100
Onomatopoeia
"Pop", "zzzzzz", "shhhhh", "zoom", "Bonk!"
100
Cause
Tim forgot his math book.
200
Metaphor
What is used to compare two things directly.
200
Hyperbole
What is the use of extreme exaggeration, not to be taken literally.
200
Personification
The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow.
300
Personification
What is giving human qualities to something that is not human.
300
Alliteration
Peoney Potter played the piano while popping purple popcorn.
300
Methaphor
Mr. St. Clair is an angel!
400
Onomatopoeia
What is using words that sound like real sounds.
400
Hyperbole
He's got TONS of money!
400
Simile
My dog is as smelly as dirty socks!
500
Idioms
What is an expression that means something other than the literal meaning.
500
Idiom
"Cross your fingers!"
500
Figurative Language
Helps the reader to visualize what the writer is thinking by using the five senses.