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