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Figurative Language

  • 1. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
  • 2. The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
  • 3. She was as brave as a lion.
  • 4. A figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things.
  • 5. Makes writing exciting.
  • 6. He had the teeth of a sponge living in a pineapple under the sea.
  • 7. When a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure.
  • a. Figurative Language
  • b. Smile
  • c. Simile
  • d. Personification
  • e. Metaphor
  • f. None of the above
  • g. Allusion
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Figurative Language (Answer Key)

  • f 1. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
  • c 2. The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
  • e 3. She was as brave as a lion.
  • d 4. A figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things.
  • g 5. Makes writing exciting.
  • a 6. He had the teeth of a sponge living in a pineapple under the sea.
  • b 7. When a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure.
  • a. Figurative Language
  • b. Smile
  • c. Simile
  • d. Personification
  • e. Metaphor
  • f. None of the above
  • g. Allusion

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