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The Figurative Language Review

The Figurative Language Review. Volume #1,000,000 Twenty Review Questions $8.25. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ADDS INTEREST TO WRITING AND CREATES DEEPER MEANING! ! !. * * ** *** * ****.

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The Figurative Language Review

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  1. The Figurative LanguageReview Volume #1,000,000 Twenty Review Questions $8.25 FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ADDS INTEREST TO WRITING AND CREATES DEEPER MEANING!!! **** **** **** In This Issue:Simile, Metaphor, Foreshadowing, Alliteration, Synecdoche, Assonance, Parallelism, Hyperbole, Oxymoron, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Onomatopoeia, and more!

  2. The Figurative Language Review Question 1.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? Moose Lake Hikers who recently visited Moose Lake noticed that the still water created a reflective surface. “The lake really was like an enormous mirror,” said one hiker. “It sure was!” agreed another. a.) Simile b.) Metaphor c.) Alliteration d.) Personification e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Hyperbole

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  5. The Figurative Language Review Question 2.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? Pizza and Dieter Gary Barnes was planning on having a salad for lunch until his boss ordered pizza for everyone in the office. “I knew that I should have stuck to my diet, but I heard the pizza slice call my name,” Mr. Barnes said. At present, it is still unclear how the pizza learned his name. a.) Simile b.) Metaphor c.) Alliteration d.) Personification e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Hyperbole

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  8. The Figurative Language Review Question 3.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? EvilSpeech In2012,SenatorDowell wasquotedassaying: “Seenoevil,hearnoevil,speaknoevil.“ Hewasnotrespected, notunderstood, andnotre-elected. a.) Simile b.) Metaphor c.) Alliteration d.) Personification e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Parallelism

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  11. The Figurative Language Review Question 4.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? Prison or Home? Homes across America have become prisons for the many children who are currently being grounded. For some, grounding is a vacation, complete with the luxuries of cable television, video games, and snacks. For others, grounding is a season of depravation. “My parents took away all of my electronic devices,” one inmate whined. Many kids complain that it is cruel to take entertainment away from a child who doesn’t have the attention span to withstand a lengthy period of time spent away from a glowing screen. a.) Simile b.) Metaphor c.) Alliteration d.) Personification e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Hyperbole

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  14. The Figurative Language Review Question 5.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? Campfire Sounds Doug Allen’s family groaned when he made a corny joke during a marshmallow roast on Saturday night. “This fire sounds like my cereal,” Mr. Allen offered. After no one showed any curiosity, Mr. Allen finished the joke by noting that the fire snapped, crackled, and popped. To make things even worse, Mr. Allen asked his family if they got the joke when the punch line failed to produce a laugh. a.) Simile b.) Metaphor c.) Alliteration d.) Personification e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Hyperbole

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  17. The Figurative Language Review Question 6.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? Eatingat the Fair It is no secret that fried foods are one of the greatest attractions at fairs and festivals. “It’s amazing how fantastically delicious fried foods areat the fair,” said an operator of one fried food stand. a.) Simile b.) Metaphor c.) Alliteration d.) Personification e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Hyperbole

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  20. The Figurative Language Review Question 7.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? Library Books NeedReadership The books at many neighborhood libraries are growing jealous of the increased attention given to the DVDs in library media centers. A hardcover copy of Oliver Twist,which hasn’t been checked out since 2002, shared a glimpse of how bad things are for classic literature these days. “I die a little each time I see people make a request to have Grown Ups 2 put on hold for them,” Oliver Twist lamented. a.) Simile b.) Metaphor c.) Alliteration d.) Personification e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Hyperbole

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  23. The Figurative Language Review Question 8.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? Two Hours Ray Henson has spoken out about his recent attempt to watch a wildly popular British period drama with his wife. “The show was about two hours long, but nothing happened,” Mr. Henson complained. Mr. Henson said that the show was so boring that it was about as exciting as watching paint dry. a.) Simile b.) Metaphor c.) Alliteration d.) Personification e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Hyperbole

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  26. The Figurative Language Review Question 9.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? Tapping Disrupts the Serenity of Nature Dr. Clarence P. Wilson thought that a peaceful weekend getaway in the woods would be the perfect escape from the stresses of city life. As fate would have it, Dr. Wilson never got the rest that he desired. “There was a woodpecker that kept tapping on the walnut tree outside of my cabin window all weekend long,” Dr. Wilson grumbled. a.) Simile b.) Metaphor c.) Alliteration d.) Personification e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Hyperbole

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  29. The Figurative Language Review Question 10.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? Smoke Detector The Greens were quite startled to hear the piercing scream of their smoke detector coming from inside their house on Sunday afternoon. “We were having a family barbecue in the backyard, so our first thought was that the smoke from the grill had somehow set off the alarm,” Lucas Green recounted. “The smoke turned out to be from a batch of cookies that my mom was baking,” Rachel Green clarified. “ Thank you, Smoke-Detector, for crying-out the warning! ” a.) Simile b.) Metaphor c.) Alliteration d.) Personification e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Hyperbole

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  32. The Figurative Language Review Question 11.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? Bugs in Hotels! The threat of bed bugs is now seen as one of the biggest hazards to business travel as the unwelcome pests have become a growing problem for the hotels of major cities. “I miss the old days when it was just the rats and cockroaches that we had to worry about - instead of bed bugs biting us businessmen,” one longtime life insurance (and bed-bug-bitten) salesman said. a.) Simile b.) Metaphor c.) Alliteration d.) Personification e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Hyperbole

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  35. The Figurative Language Review Question 12.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? A Knight An unidentified gentleman was seen holding a door open for an elderly woman at the post office on Parkside Lane late last Thursday afternoon. The woman was carrying several packages and would likely have had a difficult time opening the door without setting the packages down. She said the stranger was her knight in shining armor. a.) Simile b.) Metaphor c.) Alliteration d.) Personification e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Hyperbole

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  38. The Figurative Language Review Question 13.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? Kristy’s Idea Kristy and her friends had been looking forward to performing together in the school talent show for months, but they couldn’t agree on what to do in their act. Near the end of a long and disappointing planning session, Kristy suggested that the girls learn a new song on the recorders that they had purchased for their music class. Kristy’s friends immediately rejected the thought as the worst idea ever. a.) Simile b.) Metaphor c.) Alliteration d.) Personification e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Hyperbole

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  41. The Figurative Language Review Question 14.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? Facebook andCrayons Judy Reynolds had been looking forward to catching up with her old friends when she first signed up for a Facebook account, but was soon disappointed. “These (so-called)friends are like crayons,” Ms. Reynolds has since learned. “They’re exciting when they’re new, but they can get boring very quickly.” Ms. Reynolds says that they look as boring as the color grey has better things to do than to respond to invitations to play online video games. a.) Simile b.) Metaphor c.) Alliteration d.) Personification e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Hyperbole

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  44. The Figurative Language Review Question 15.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? Can Behind Bread Ralph Davis wanted to make a tuna sandwich last Wednesday, but wasn’t able to because he couldn’t find the tuna can. The can eventually turned up poised behind a loaf of bread that Mr. Davis removed from the cupboard when he had chili for dinner last night. “It had been hiding at the back of the shelf all along,” Mr. Davis marveled. a.) Simile b.) Metaphor c.) Alliteration d.) Personification e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Hyperbole

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  47. The Figurative Language Review Question 16.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? InaCrowd Rachelle felt all alone, but she wasn’t. In fact, she was strolling through a crowded park, carrying a wordless book. A usually-confident Modern History major at Yale, she was an awfully nice adult child who was having a minor crisis. There was a quiet scream in her head as she realized her white rose had disappeared. Yet, as the minutes passed, she remained falsely hopeful it would be found missing by park security. a.) Simile b.) Metaphor c.) Synecdoche d.) Oxymoron e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Hyperbole

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  50. The Figurative Language Review Question 17.) Which type of figurative language is featured in the article? Claws "I should have been a pair of ragged clawsscuttling across the floors of silent seas."T. S. Eliot, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Camero She saw hundreds of faces staring in awe at those expensive,gaudy wheels - a yellow 1972 antique Chevrolet Camero in perfect, mint condition. a.) Foreshadowing b.) Parallelism c.) Oxymoron d.) Synecdoche e.) Onomatopoeia f.) Assonance

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