English Language Arts Grade 8 45 min

Interpret figures of speech

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What does 'Her voice is music to his ears' mean?

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What does 'The tired old car coughed and sputtered' mean?

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What does 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse' mean?

Sample Practice Questions

Easy
Which figure of speech is in the sentence: 'He is a shining star'?
0.Metaphor
1.Simile
2.Hyperbole
3.Personification
Easy
Which figure of speech is in the sentence: 'The flowers danced in the breeze'?
0.Metaphor
1.Simile
2.Hyperbole
3.Personification
Easy
Which figure of speech is in the sentence: 'The classroom was a zoo'?
0.Metaphor
1.Simile
2.Hyperbole
3.Personification

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