Figurative Language types - Statistics

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Clue	Figurative language type	% Correct
Comparison using like, as, or than	Simile	97%
Comparison not using like, as, or than	Metaphor	89%
Exagerration	Hyperbole	85%
Words in a row that all start with the same letter, such as, "Sally sold seashells by the seashore,"	Alliteration	80%
Describing human features on non-human things	Personification	77%
Words that signify sounds like, "bang!"	Onomatopoeia	68%
Play on words; often used as synonym for joke	Pun	64%
Non-literal phrases	Idiom	61%
Reference to an external place or thing, such as, "We entered a Garden of Eden," referencing biblical text.	Allusion	59%

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