A. Directions: Identify the meaning of the following statements as to whether LITERAL or FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.
1. I've read this book a hundred times.
2. I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
3. Venus is the hottest planet in our Solar System.
4. Our atmosphere is made mostly of nitrogen and has plenty of oxygen for us to breathe.
5. My love for you is as deep as the ocean.
6. The Sun was born about 4.6 billion years ago.
7. His new car cost a bazillion dollars.
8. He is an angel.
9. The only similarity between seaweed and land plants is that both rely on sunlight to create energy through photosynthesis.
10. Our Sun is a hot glowing ball of hydrogen and helium at the center of our Solar System. B. Directions: Identify figures of speech of the following sentences below if they're simile, personification, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, apostrophe and idiom. 1. Her teeth were as white as pearls.
2. A friend is a treasure.
3. The popcorn jumped around the microwave.
4. I'm so thirsty, I could drink Niagara Falls a
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1. I've read this book a hundred times.
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2. I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
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3. Venus is the hottest planet in our Solar System.
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4. Our atmosphere is made mostly of nitrogen and has plenty of oxygen for us to breathe.
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5. My love for you is as deep as the ocean.
FL
6. The Sun was born about 4.6 billion years ago. FL
7. His new car cost a bazillion dollars.
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8. He is an angel.
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9. The only similarity between seaweed and land plants is that both rely on sunlight to create energy through photosynthesis.
FL
10. Our Sun is a hot glowing ball of hydrogen and helium at the center of our Solar System.
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