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