Figurative Language
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| show | Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pecks of peppers did Peter Piper pick?
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| show | Lexa likes to live in la-la land.
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| show | Sarah sighs slowly.
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| show | Billy buys banana bread at the bakery.
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| show | Gordan gave her gold giraffe green grapes.
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| show | Houston, we have a problem.
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| show | a three-line poem, usually about nature. The first line is five syllables, the second is seven syllables, and the third line is five syllables.
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| show | I went to the store
I got some potato chips
Salt and vinegar
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| show | This is taking forever.
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| show | My eyelids weigh a thousand pounds.
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| show | Your smile lights up the whole world.
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| show | I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
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| show | exaggerated statement (ex: "This is taking forever!")
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| show | There are a million people at this game.
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| show | My feet weighed a ton in the swampy water.
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| show | I am scared to death.
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| show | a phrase that cannot be understood from the literal meaning (ex: "It's raining cats and dogs.")
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| show | You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
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| show | Stop the horse play!
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| show | Cut it out.
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| show | He bit the bullet.
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| show | I just dodged a bullet.
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| show | The ball is in your court now.
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| show | I've got a bone to pick with you.
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| show | All that and a bag of chips
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| show | Go out on a limb and make a guess.
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| show | I will let you off the hook.
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| show | Corbett threw Hunter under the bus.
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| show | It will knock your socks off!
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| show | You were on the ball at your interview.
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| show | You passed by the skin of your teeth.
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| show | My life is in your hands.
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| show | Don't spill the beans!
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| show | You're pulling my leg.
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| show | The loud children screamed as the bell echoed through the crowded yellow brick hallway.
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| show | using the five senses to create visual images
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| show | The smell of the warm, gooey brownies was delightful.
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| show | The hot apple pie smelled so heavenly, but burnt my mouth.
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| show | The fresh cut grass' smell drifted through the wind on the hot summer day.
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| show | The rusty gate creaked eerily at the edge of the foggy cemetery.
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| show | Well, that team was tough to beat (after winning by 35 points).
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| show | to mean the opposite of what is said (ex: "We are so happy to be back at school.")
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| show | I can really tell you studied (after passing back a failing grade).
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| show | I just love Mondays.
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| show | the exact meaning of a word or phrase
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| show | My sister is the devil.
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| show | You are the light of my life.
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| show | You are a ray of sunshine.
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| show | That man is a loose cannon.
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| show | Students are inmates.
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| show | This test is a piece of cake.
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| show | She is a wooly mammath.
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| show | Emma is a fish.
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| show | He is a pig.
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| show | Jay is a skyscraper.
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| show | Austin is a ninja.
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| show | My car is a lemon.
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| show | kapow!
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| show | Vroom
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| show | zapp!
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| show | swish
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| show | serious comedy
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| show | old news
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| show | deafening silence
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| show | The bread leaped out of the toaster.
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| show | The snowflakes jumped from the sky.
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| show | The tree branch slapped me.
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| show | The hands of fate grabbed my soul.
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| show | My stomach growled angrily.
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| show | My alarm clock screams "Wake up!" every morning.
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| show | That book spoke to me.
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| show | The pencil jumped out of my hand.
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| show | His pencil danced across the paper.
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| show | The cow jumped over the moon.
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| show | The wind whispered in my ear.
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| show | The sun poked me as I lay on the beach.
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| show | Sweat ran down my forehead.
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| show | The flag proudly stood at the edge of the school.
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| show | The book grabbed my attention.
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| show | The bright screen grabbed my attention.
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| show | The vacuum hums a happy tune while it cleaned.
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| show | The basket caught my ball.
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| show | The guilt was eating him up.
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| show | It's pointless to write with a broken pencil.
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| show | If you need an arc, I Noah guy.
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| show | It's hard to beat scrambled eggs for breakfast.
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| show | Sydney was fired from her job at the hamburger joint for putting her hair in a bun.
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| show | The artist at the police station was drawing someone sketchy.
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| show | lines repeated in a poem; the chorus of a song
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| show | mime/lime
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| show | cake/bake
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| show | bat/cat
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| show | His stare is as deadly as Medusa
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| show | She is as light as a feather.
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| show | comparing two UNLIKE objects using "like" or "as" (ex: Your room looks like a pig pen!"; "Your room is as messy as a garbage dump!")
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| show | The new boy was as cold as ice.
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| show | Teachers are like prison guards.
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| show | Her heart is as cold as ice.
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| show | Laura is like a frog.
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| show | My present was as big as an elephant.
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| show | The Christmas tree shined like a disco ball.
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| show | the wind was as loud as a train.
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| show | The Ohio River is like Hershey syrup.
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| show | He is as hot as fire.
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| show | My handwriting is as messy as an earthquake.
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| show | My kitty is as cute as a button.
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| show | Her pregnant belly looks like a balloon.
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| show | The rocks are as sharp as knives.
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| show | Your momma is as wrinkled as an elephant.
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| show | She is as courageous as a lion.
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| show | Time is like gold.
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| show | The present was as small as a mouse.
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| show | His heart is as cold as ice.
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| show | She is as tall as a giraffe.
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| show | He is as thick as a brick.
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| show | Spencer is like a rat.
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| show | He spun like a fiery tornado.
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| show | The ocean is as blue as the sky.
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| show | You shine bright like a diamond.
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| show | a, e, i o, u
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