Question 1
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Directions: Choose the best type of figurative language for the sentence below.
My mouth was as dry as a bone.
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simile
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metaphor
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personification
Question 2
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Directions: Choose the best type of figurative language for the sentence below.
The road is a pretzel with its twists and turns.
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simile
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metaphor
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personification
Question 3
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Directions: Choose the best type of figurative language for the sentence below.
The vines wove their fingers together to form a braid.
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simile
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metaphor
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personification
Question 4
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Directions: Choose the best type of figurative language for the sentence below.
Her head was spinning from all of the new information.
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simile
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metaphor
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personification
Question 5
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Directions: Choose the best type of figurative language for the sentence below.
America is a melting pot.
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simile
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metaphor
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personification
Question 6
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Decide on what is being compared in the figurative language example below.
The child whimpered like a wounded puppy when he tripped over his toy.
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whimper and wounded
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child and toy
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child and puppy
Question 7
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Decide on what is being compared in the figurative language example below.
It was as fun as a barrel of monkeys.
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it and fun
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barrel and monkeys
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it and barrel
Question 8
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What is the intended meaning of "The road is a pretzel with its twists and turns"?
Question 9
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What is the intended meaning of "Her head was spinning from all of the new information"?
Question 10
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What is the intended meaning of "America is a melting pot"?
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America has many restaurants.
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America is experiencing global warming.
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America is made up of many cultures.