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Figurative Language

Poetry can be a window to another realm. But there are some language techniques used in poetry to help open that "window" to other places. I will show you a sentence; you tell me the language technique used.

Quiz ID:	#3137
Fun:	(2.62)
Difficulty:	(1)
Category:	Humanities > Linguistics
Created By:	Shawnheyhey123

#1 "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

Alliteration
Simile
Idiom
Cliche

#2 "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!"

Metaphor
Hyperbole
Idiom
Personification

#3 "The light bulb was as bright as the sun."

Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole

#4 "Buzz. Buzz. Buzz."

Onomatopoeia
Personification
Alliteration
Metaphor

#5 "The leaves danced in the breeze."

Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Hyperbole

#6 "The dog's fur is silk."

Simile
Alliteration
Idiom
Metaphor

#7 "Granny Smith is so old, she could be 278 years old!"

Hyperbole
Alliteration
Metaphor
Simile

#8 "The trees smiled as they got water after a long drought."

Alliteration
Personification
Hyperbole
Idiom

#9 "The sumo wrestler is like a whale," is a simile.

True
False

#10 "The paper airplane flew as majestically as a hawk," is a metaphor.

True
False

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