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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) "Collecting dust and nagging me"
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) hyperbole
B) simile
C) alliteration
D) personification
  • 3. What image from the passage is an example of hyperbole?
A) "billion future flowers"
B) "sending soft breezes"
C) "a reason to smile"
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) "a gift I tuck away in the drawer"
C) "bitter cold drops still carrying fragments of ice"
D) "Spring flirted with me today"
  • 5. The line, "Silent silky strings, soundless, song less" is an example of what type of figurative language.
A) idiom
B) metaphor
C) alliteration
D) personification
  • 6. What does the poet compare fingers to in this poem?
A) a child
B) a vault
C) a treasure
D) a key
  • 7. Which of the following is NOT an example of personification?
A) The angry mirror showed every wrinkle on his face.
B) The trout danced o the water's surface.
C) The star I wished on winked at me.
D) The sun was warm on the child's face.
  • 8. Which of the following is an example of personification
A) The delicious smell of cookies walked me to the kitchen.
B) The cookies smelled like a delicious cake.
C) The cookies smell delicious.
D) The delicious cookies are a dream.
  • 9. Which of the following sentences is an example of personification?
A) The snail crept along the sidewalk, moving as slowly as a glacier.
B) The stand of trees was a festival of color that fall.
C) The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard.
D) The slimy eel slithered through the seaweed.
  • 10. Which of the following is an example of a personification?
A) The wind whistled silently through the night.
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 cat ran fast.
  • 11. Which of the following is an example of a simile?
A) His feet were huge dolphins.
B) His feet were like baby dolphins.
C) His feet looked enormous.
D) He had big feet.
  • 12. Which of the following examples is a simile?
A) The lake was flat.
B) The lake was as smooth as glass.
C) The lake was shiny.
D) The lake was really smooth.
  • 13. Which of the following is an example of a simile?
A) She had saucer eyes.
B) She had eyes like coffee saucers.
C) She had eyes ofa saucer shape.
D) She had large eyes.
  • 14. Which of the following is an example of a simile?
A) Her hair was gleaming.
B) The house was monstrous.
C) The beetle stank.
D) His hands were as big as dinner plates.
  • 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 has an enlarged heart.
C) The boy wears an oxygen mask.
D) The boy is very giving and kind.
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