Figurative Language in Poetry and Other Sources

1. Which line from the poem is an example of a metaphor?

A) "Time to blow off the dust"
B) "Like a child yearning for a playmate"
C) "Collecting dust and nagging me"
D) "The right note's a treasure"

2. The line "its assurance is like a gift I tuck away in a drawer" is an example of what type of figurative language?

A) simile
B) alliteration
C) personification
D) hyperbole

3. What image from the passage is an example of hyperbole?

A) "billion future flowers"
B) "a reason to smile"
C) "sending soft breezes"
D) "winter always ruled"

4. What phrase from the passage is an example of personification?

A) "green leaves and the gardens's brown soil"
B) "bitter cold drops still carrying fragments of ice"
C) "Spring flirted with me today"
D) "a gift I tuck away in the drawer"

5. The line, "Silent silky strings, soundless, song less" is an example of what type of figurative language.

A) personification
B) metaphor
C) idiom
D) alliteration

6. What does the poet compare fingers to in this poem?

A) a treasure
B) a vault
C) a child
D) a key

7. Which of the following is NOT an example of personification?

A) The sun was warm on the child's face.
B) The angry mirror showed every wrinkle on his face.
C) The trout danced o the water's surface.
D) The star I wished on winked at me.

8. Which of the following is an example of personification

A) The delicious smell of cookies walked me to the kitchen.
B) The cookies smell delicious.
C) The cookies smelled like a delicious cake.
D) The delicious cookies are a dream.

9. Which of the following sentences is an example of personification?

A) The stand of trees was a festival of color that fall.
B) The snail crept along the sidewalk, moving as slowly as a glacier.
C) The slimy eel slithered through the seaweed.
D) The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard.

10. Which of the following is an example of a personification?

A) Bob jumped over the gate like Bill did before.
B) The dog licked his dinner bowl clean, as if it were his last meal.
C) The cat ran fast.
D) The wind whistled silently through the night.

11. Which of the following is an example of a simile?

A) He had big feet.
B) His feet were huge dolphins.
C) His feet were like baby dolphins.
D) His feet looked enormous.

12. Which of the following examples is a simile?

A) The lake was flat.
B) The lake was really smooth.
C) The lake was shiny.
D) The lake was as smooth as glass.

13. Which of the following is an example of a simile?

A) She had eyes like coffee saucers.
B) She had saucer eyes.
C) She had large eyes.
D) She had eyes ofa saucer shape.

14. Which of the following is an example of a simile?

A) The house was monstrous.
B) His hands were as big as dinner plates.
C) The beetle stank.
D) Her hair was gleaming.

15. "The boy across the street has a heart as big as all outdoors." What does the simile in the sentence tell you?

A) The boy is very giving and kind.
B) The boy has an enlarged heart.
C) The boy is very selfish and mean.
D) The boy wears an oxygen mask.

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