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Figurative Language in Poetry and Other Sources
Contributed by: Daniels
  • 1. Which line from the poem is an example of a metaphor?
A) "Collecting dust and nagging me"
B) "Time to blow off the dust"
C) "The right note's a treasure"
D) "Like a child yearning for a playmate"
  • 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) alliteration
B) hyperbole
C) simile
D) personification
  • 3. What image from the passage is an example of hyperbole?
A) "sending soft breezes"
B) "a reason to smile"
C) "winter always ruled"
D) "billion future flowers"
  • 4. What phrase from the passage is an example of personification?
A) "green leaves and the gardens's brown soil"
B) "a gift I tuck away in the drawer"
C) "Spring flirted with me today"
D) "bitter cold drops still carrying fragments of ice"
  • 5. The line, "Silent silky strings, soundless, song less" is an example of what type of figurative language.
A) idiom
B) personification
C) alliteration
D) metaphor
  • 6. What does the poet compare fingers to in this poem?
A) a key
B) a vault
C) a child
D) a treasure
  • 7. Which of the following is NOT an example of personification?
A) The star I wished on winked at me.
B) The trout danced o the water's surface.
C) The angry mirror showed every wrinkle on his face.
D) The sun was warm on the child's face.
  • 8. Which of the following is an example of personification
A) The cookies smell delicious.
B) The cookies smelled like a delicious cake.
C) The delicious cookies are a dream.
D) The delicious smell of cookies walked me to the kitchen.
  • 9. Which of the following sentences is an example of personification?
A) The slimy eel slithered through the seaweed.
B) The snail crept along the sidewalk, moving as slowly as a glacier.
C) The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard.
D) The stand of trees was a festival of color that fall.
  • 10. Which of the following is an example of a personification?
A) The cat ran fast.
B) Bob jumped over the gate like Bill did before.
C) The dog licked his dinner bowl clean, as if it were his last meal.
D) The wind whistled silently through the night.
  • 11. Which of the following is an example of a simile?
A) His feet looked enormous.
B) His feet were huge dolphins.
C) He had big feet.
D) His feet were like baby dolphins.
  • 12. Which of the following examples is a simile?
A) The lake was as smooth as glass.
B) The lake was flat.
C) The lake was really smooth.
D) The lake was shiny.
  • 13. Which of the following is an example of a simile?
A) She had large eyes.
B) She had eyes like coffee saucers.
C) She had eyes ofa saucer shape.
D) She had saucer eyes.
  • 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) Her hair was gleaming.
D) The beetle stank.
  • 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 wears an oxygen mask.
B) The boy is very giving and kind.
C) The boy has an enlarged heart.
D) The boy is very selfish and mean.
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