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1. Finish Ms. LaMagna's 8.4a Review Category 3 Category 6 Category 2 Category 4 Category 5 Category 1 Start

2. Finish Ms. LaMagna's 8.4a Review Category 3 Category 6 Category 2 Category 4 Category 5 Category 1 Start

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4. Category 1 Which of the following contains a simile? Conscience is the thing that makes us all think twice. The students read silently during AR time. She ran like a deer. The car horn screamed at the pedestrian standing in the middle of the street.

5. Category 1 Babe’s hoof-beats were like thunder resounding through the hills. Which sentence contains a metaphor? Big trees fell like toothpicks when Paul Bunyan swung his axe. The forest was as quiet as a falling leaf. Paul’s voice was a cannon breaking the silence.

6. The 8.4a Form A assessment is as easy as pie. Category 1 Which of the following sentences contain personification? He shot across the yard like an arrow. Slowly, silently, now the moon walks the night. He was snoring like a bear.

7. Great work! Now move on to the next step. Go to Category 2.

8. Category 2 Which of the following sentences contain a hyperbole? The students crowded around my desk for candy like a pack of rats. The baby cried out with a shrill, sharp scream. My sister uses so much make-up that when she takes it off, she loses 30 pounds. It was so cold; my arms had goose-bumps all over them.

9. Category 2 Identify the meaning of the figure of speech in the following sentence: When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. Everyone loves to drink lemonade. When life doesn’t seem so great, make the best out of what you’ve got. Everyone should make lemonade from fresh lemons. People should live as if life is one big lemonade stand.

10. Category 2 Identify the meaning of the figure of speech in the following sentence: She had an ice-cube for a heart. She was a vampire. She had just had heart transplant surgery. She needed heart medication. She was a cold, unfeeling person.

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12. Category 3 Which of the following explains the simile in the following sentence? She does very well in school; she is as sharp as a tack. She studies all the time. She works in the school bookstore. She is very smart. She has long, pointed fingernails.

13. Which of the following explains the hyperbole in the following sentence? By the time I got to the picnic, I was so hungry that I ate 1000 hamburgers. Category 3 I ate a lot of hamburgers. I went to a very big picnic. I was selfish and didn’t want anyone else to have a hamburger. I did not think there would be enough hamburgers at the picnic.

14. Category 3 instrument Complete the following analogy: Strawberry is to fruit as clarinet is to: notes reed music

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16. Category 4 Complete the following analogy: 3 is to 6 as 4 is to: 5 2 16 8

17. What is the relationship in the following analogy? Cold is to freezing as hot is to boiling Category 4 type characteristic degree operator

18. What is the relationship in the following analogy? Happy is to ecstatic as mad is to fuming Category 4 operator degree type characteristic

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20. Category 5 What is the relationship in the following analogy? Measles is to disease as wool is to fabric B A Number Degree D C Operator Type

21. Category 5 Complete the following analogy: Counterfeit is to fake as A B sport is to baseball aide is to assistant D C currency is to coin humid is to dry

22. Category 5 Complete the following analogy: Poverty is to wealth as B A clothing is to sweater empty is to full D C debris is to litter vocal is to singer

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24. Category 6 His laywer is a shark. The sentence above is an example of-- simile metaphor personification

25. The tree branch reached out and grabbed my hat as I walked under it. The sentence above is an example of-- Category 6 metaphor simile personification

26. Category 6 His head was like a pumpkin. The sentence above is an example of-- personification simile metaphor

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