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Figurative language

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    Figurative language
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  • What figurative language is being used in the sentence? Mateo's bicycle tires are flat as pancakes.
    Metaphor
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  • What two objects are being compared in the following sentence: Mateo's bicycle tires are flat as pancakes.
    bicycle tires and pancakes
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  • HOW are the two objects being compared? Mateo's bicycle tires are flat as pancakes.
    Describing how flat it is
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  • What figurative language is being used in the sentence? “Hurry up, Joe!” shouted Ellen. “We can’t be late for school, again.” But Joe continued to walk as slowly as a sloth climbing down a tree.
    Simile
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  • What 2 objects are being compared in the sentence: “Hurry up, Joe!” shouted Ellen. “We can’t be late for school, again.” But Joe continued to walk as slowly as a sloth climbing down a tree.
    Joe and a sloth
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  • HOW are the 2 objects in the sentence being compared? “Hurry up, Joe!” shouted Ellen. “We can’t be late for school, again.” But Joe continued to walk as slowly as a sloth climbing down a tree.
    Describing how slow they both are
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  • What figurative language is being used in the sentence? This is the best book ever written.
    Hyperbole
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  • What does this sentence mean? This is the best book ever written.
    This is a great book
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  • What figurative language is being used in the sentence? New York is the city that never sleeps.
    Hyperbole
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  • What does the sentence really mean? New York is the city that never sleeps.
    There's always things to do in NYC all day/all night
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  • What figurative language is being used in the sentence? My alarm clock yells at me in the morning to wake up
    Personification
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  • What does this sentence mean? My alarm clock yells at me in the morning to wake up
    The loud alarm wakes you up in the morning
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  • What figurative language is being used in the sentence? Time flies.
    Personification
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  • What does this sentence mean? Time flies.
    Time is going by fast
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  • What figurative language is being used in the sentence? After falling down the stairs, Kimberly had a bump as big as an apple on her forehead.
    Simile
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  • What two objects are being compared? After falling down the stairs, Kimberly had a bump as big as an apple on her forehead.
    Bump on forehead and apple
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