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Type: Multiple-Choice
Category: Figurative Language
Level: Grade 10
Score: 3
Tags: Figurative Language: Allusion, ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.9
Author: kmccarthy17
Last Modified: 8 years ago

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Grade 10 Figurative Language

What figure of speech did the author use in the following sentence?

The story in the newspaper reminded me of the biblical story of Cain and Abel.
  1. allusion
  2. hyperbole
  3. simile
  4. metaphor