Figurative language

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Claire Bigras
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Questão 1

Questão
Which of these sentences represents a simile?
Responda
  • Kisses are roses in the spring.
  • He is as funny as a monkey.
  • The sack fell into the river with a splash.
  • But a better butter makes a batter better.

Questão 2

Questão
Which of these sentences represents a Metaphor?
Responda
  • His kisses are like roses.
  • I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
  • Look at my car. She is a beauty, isn’t she?
  • Shelley sells shells by the sea shore.

Questão 3

Questão
Which of these sentences represents a Personification?
Responda
  • My mouth was as dry as a bone.
  • The wind whispered through dry grass.
  • You could've knocked me over with a feather.
  • Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.

Questão 4

Questão
Which of these sentences represents a Onomatopoeia?
Responda
  • The sheep went BAHHHH!
  • We're up, wide-eyed, and wondering while we wait for others to awaken.
  • Incorporating a red rose in your writing to symbolize love.
  • Watching that movie was like watching grass grow.

Questão 5

Questão
Which of these sentences represents a Oxymoron?
Responda
  • The sky was full of dancing stars.
  • Foolish wisdom
  • The tall girl stood out like a sore thumb.
  • You are my sunshine.

Questão 6

Questão
Which of these sentences represents a Hyperbole?
Responda
  • She is as heavy as an elephant!
  • It was as easy as shooting fish in a barrel.
  • It's a slow burg. I spent a couple of weeks there one day.
  • The vines wove their delicate fingers together.

Questão 7

Questão
Which of these sentences represents a Allusion?
Responda
  • Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.
  • She's so dumb, she thinks Taco Bell is a Mexican phone company.
  • Time is money.
  • Incorporating the colour black in your writing as a symbol for evil or death.

Questão 8

Questão
Which of these sentences represents a Idiom?
Responda
  • If we play our cards right, we may be able to find out when those whales are being released.
  • America is a melting pot.
  • I had to walk 15 miles to school in the snow, uphill, in bare feet.
  • My mouth was as dry as a bone.

Questão 9

Questão
Which of these sentences represents a Imagery?
Responda
  • You could've knocked me over with a feather.
  • The girl ran her hands on a soft satin fabric.
  • Using a chalkboard to represent education.
  • They fought like cats and dogs.

Questão 10

Questão
Which of these sentences represents a Alliteration?
Responda
  • Every cloud has a silver lining.
  • A big bully beats a baby boy.
  • I went home and made the biggest sandwich of all time.
  • If seen from above the factory, the workers would have looked like clock parts.

Questão 11

Questão
Which of these sentences represents a Pun?
Responda
  • I'm a big fan of whiteboards. I find them quite re-markable.
  • She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show.
  • The buses can be impatient around here.
  • My dad is always working.

Questão 12

Questão
Which of these sentences represents a Understatement?
Responda
  • Kisses are the flowers of love in bloom.
  • I have to have this operation. It isn’t very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.
  • The sorry engine wheezed its death cough.
  • Charlie gazed hopelessly at the endless pile of bills stretching across the counter.

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