What does the simile "Her eyes were the biggest I had ever seen, like deer's eyes caught in the headlights" mean?
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What does the hyperbole "The noise and the students around us melted away and we were utterly alone" mean?
Question 17
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Question 19
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What does the personification "The sun lay down behind the mountains" mean?
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What is a hyperbole?
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
An exaggeration
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
What is an idiom?
A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
A metaphor compares two things using "like" or "as"
True
False
"Hit the sack" is an idiom.
True
False
What is the denotation of "shunning?"
To talk to someone
To avoid, ignore
To hangout with someone a lot
To get into trouble
What is the onomatopeia in "Suddenly the sound struck my ear with a ping of pure silver."
struck
sound
pure
ping
What figurative language is used in "The lunchroom was dead silent."
Imagery
Hyperbole
Personification
Simile
What figurative language is used in " In school, I was a yellow balloon, smiling and lazy, floating above the classrooms."
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Allusion
What figurative language is used in "Hillari took off her shoe and used it like a hammer to smash the cookie on her table."
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Allusion
What figurative language is used in "It was if a million fireflies lit up our way"
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Idiom
Which figurative language device is used in "She wore an off white dress so long it covered her shoes. It had ruffles around the neck and cuffs and looked like it could have been her great-grandmothers wedding gown."
Simile
Allusion
Alliteration
Imagery
What does connotation mean?
The emotion attached with a word.
The dictionary definition
Connotation can either be positive, negative, or neutral.
True
False
What figurative language device is used in "We were walking westward.''
Allusion
Hyperbole
Similie
Alliteration
What is the idiom in "The rat she brought to school was only thetip of the iceberg."
tip of the iceberg
rat she brought
brought to school
IDK...PLEASE HELP
What is the allusion in "..While Sun Valley’s team was not as good as ours, they did have one thing we did not: a
superstar. A kid named Ron Kovac. He stood six-foot-eight and averaged thirty points per game.
Our players looked like Davids flailing against Goliath?"
Alliteration
Allusion
Metaphor
Personification
What TWO figurative langauge devices are in "Our players looked like Davids flailing against Goliath?"
Simile and Metaphor
Metaphor and Allusion
Allusion and Simile
Imagery and Hyperbole
Where does the allusion "Our players looked like Davids flailing against Goliath" come from?