- 1. The browns, whites, and reds in Jaden's new room look like the inside of a chocolate covered cherry.
What figure of speech creates an image of Jaden's new room?
A) a hyperbole
B) a simile
C) a metaphor
D) personification
- 2. I am _________ with homework this afternoon.
Which of the following is an idiom that correctly completes the sentence?
A) snowed under
B) having to deal
C) not helping
D) completely finished
- 3. Soapy foam puffed up in the tub like mounds of bubble wrap.
The two things being compared are ...
A) soapy foam and bubble wrap
B) soapy foam and the tub
C) bubble wrap and the mounds
D) the tub and bubble wrap
- 4. There must be about a million chewed-up, flattened drinking straws sticking to the floor under my brother's bed.
They hyperbole in the sentence is...
A) under my brother's bed
B) about a million
C) flattened drinking straws
D) sticking to the floor
- 5. The skater's performance was _________.
Which of the following is a metaphor that will correctly complete the sentence?
A) as beautiful as a ballet
B) as smooth as ice
C) a symphony of graceful moves
D) about a million twirls
- 6. My clothes are crawling out of my closet, so I suppose I need to do some organizing.
Which figurative of speech is used to describe the state of the messy closet?
A) a metaphor
B) personification
C) a simile
D) a hyperbole
- 7. Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. (George Washington)
What figure of speech did George Washington use to make a statement about liberty?
A) a hyperbole
B) a metaphor
C) a simile
D) an idiom
- 8. Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality... (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Dr. King's comparison of hate to cancer is an example of...
A) a simile
B) a hyperbole
C) personification
D) a metaphor
- 9. The last sliver of pie disappeared from the plate as quick as a wink.
The idiom in this sentence suggests that the pie disappeared...
A) while nobody was watching
B) within a few minutes
C) in plain sight
D) in a matter of seconds
- 10. It was so cold that if you were stupid enough to go outside your eyes would automatically blink a thousand times... (The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963)
The figure of speech in this passage is ...
A) personification
B) a simile
C) a hyperbole
D) a metaphor
- 11. The bathroom's tile floor was a slippery skating rink when I stepped out of the tub.
Which of the following word groups from the sentence is a metaphor?
A) I stepped out
B) a slippery skating rink
C) out of the tub
D) bathroom's tile floor
- 12. Strings of clouds reached out and embraced the moon.
In this example of personification, clouds are given the human ability to...
A) conceal something from view
B) love
C) hug
D) form friendships
- 13. The parade dragged on for _________ before Dad finally allowed me to change channels.
Which of the following phrases is a hyperbole that can be written in the blank to correctly complete the sentence?
A) quite a while
B) about two hundred miles
C) several miles
D) almost an hour
- 14. A tall stack of papers tipped over and slid off the desk like an avalanche down a mountainslide.
The two things being compared in this sentence are...
A) a desk and a mountainside
B) falling papers and a desk
C) falling papers and an avalanche
D) sliding and falling
- 15. Tyler is as "nutty as a fruitcake" if he thinks I'm going to loan him my cell phone.
Which of the following is the best substitution for the words in quotations as an idiom?
A) unrealistic
B) mistaken
C) reasonable
D) crazy
- 16. Personification is when an object is given ______________.
Fill in the blank with the correct answer.
A) exaggeration
B) a comparison
C) human-like qualities
- 17. What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A) Similes and metaphors are both examples of figurative language.
B) A simile uses "like" or "as" and a metaphor does not use "like" or "as."
C) A simile and a metaphor compares two things.
- 18. Choose an example of onomatopoeia.
A) Cry
B) Bang
C) Jump
D) Open
- 19. Choose an example of allliteration.
A) Brenda picked pretty flowers.
B) Ryan wrinkled the bed sheets.
C) Susie sewed seven shirts on Sunday.
D) Alicia ate the apples very quickly.
- 20. It is raining cats and dogs outside.
Locate the idiom within the sentence to determine the meaning.
A) It's raining on cats and dogs.
B) Cats and dogs are falling out of the sky.
C) It is raining rather hard outside.
D) Cats and dogs are playing in the rain.
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