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Figurative Language Terms

Practice identifying the figurative language terms that we have been studying. Match up the term with the sentence that illustrates it. You may use your notes.

AB
She sells seashells by the seashore.alliteration
Wily lies drive men to eat pie.assonance
My mother is going to kill me when she sees this report card!hyperbole
It was not unlike Claire to drive fast.litotes
The lawyer was a bulldog in the courtroom.metaphor
Pow! It hit me!onomatopoeia
The over-easy eggs gazed up at me from the plate.personification
“I cannot go to school today,” said little Peggy Ann McKay.rhyme
The drum beats like thunder rolled across the courtyard.simile
Richie wore some really nice threads today.synecdoche


American History and Reading teacher
Palmetto High School
Palmetto, FL

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