Parts of Speech and Figurative Language Test Questions and Answers
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Parts of Speech and Figurative Language
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Parts Of Speech And Figurative Language
Parts of Speech and Figurative Language Test Questions and Answers
alliteration - Answer-the occurance of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
examples of alliterations - Answer--peter picked a peck of pickeled peppers
-crooks conspire with the kin...
Parts of Speech and Figurative
Language Test Questions and
Answers
alliteration - Answer-the occurance of the same letter or sound at the beginning of
adjacent or closely connected words
examples of alliterations - Answer--peter picked a peck of pickeled peppers
-crooks conspire with the kind king
hyperbole - Answer-exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
examples of hyperboles - Answer--her smile was a mile wide
-I was dying of laughter
personification - Answer-a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is
given human characteristics
examples of personification - Answer--the sun smiled down at us
-lightning danced across the sky
verbs - Answer-state of being (linking), helping, action
what is a state of being (linking) verb? - Answer-a linking verb is a type of verb used to
connect subjects and predicates
what is a helping verb? - Answer-a helping verb assists the main verb in completing the
sentence
aphorism - Answer-a concise or memorable exression of a general truth or principal;
often handed down from generation to generation
examples of aphorisms - Answer--an apple a day keeps the doctor away
-the grass is always greener on the other side
apostrophe - Answer-refers to a speech or adress to a person who is not present or to a
personified object
examples of apostrophes - Answer-Hamlet talking to to a skull
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