figuritive language and punctuation

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

A comparison of two nouns using the words like or as.

Question 2

A example of a simile is

Answer 2

The teacher is like a mother hen.

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.

Question 4

an example of a personification is

Answer 4

The mountains stood tall and plump in the distance.

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

deliberate exaggeration for comic or dramatic affect

Question 6

an example of a hyperbole is

Answer 6

suzy has watched tv for years and years.

Question 7

alliteration

Answer 7

the repeated use of the first letter or sound in two or more words set closely together

Question 8

an example of alliteration is

Answer 8

Sara spilled spicy soup.

Question 9

onomatopoeia

Answer 9

the use of a word that imitates the sound it describes

Question 10

an example of onomatopoeia is

Answer 10

“bang” the engine exploded.

Question 11

period ( . )

Answer 11

use at the end of a sentence that tells something or mass a command

Question 12

question mark ( ? )

Answer 12

use at the end of a sentence that asked something

Question 13

exclamation mark ( ! )

Answer 13

its used at the end of a sentence that shows excitement

Question 14

comma ( , )

Answer 14

separates a sentence when there is a break or a pose

Question 15

apostrophe ( ‘ )

Answer 15

its used to show either possession or to replace letters when combining two letters

Question 16

quotation marks ( “ )

Answer 16

used to go around sentences that people say or around tittles

Question 17

parentheses ( () )

Answer 17

used for additional information and always used in pairs.

Question 18

ellipses ( … )

Answer 18

used to show words are missing in the middle of a sentence