Clue | Figurative language type | % Correct |
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Comparison using like, as, or than | Simile | 98%
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Exagerration | Hyperbole | 93%
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Comparison not using like, as, or than | Metaphor | 93%
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Words in a row that all start with the same letter, such as, "Sally sold seashells by the seashore," | Alliteration | 85%
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Describing human features on non-human things | Personification | 76%
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Words that signify sounds like, "bang!" | Onomatopoeia | 68%
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Play on words; often used as synonym for joke | Pun | 63%
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Reference to an external place or thing, such as, "We entered a Garden of Eden," referencing biblical text. | Allusion | 56%
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Non-literal phrases | Idiom | 54%
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