- 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 simile
B) a metaphor
C) personification
D) a hyperbole
- 2. I am _________ with homework this afternoon.
Which of the following is an idiom that correctly completes the sentence?
A) completely finished
B) having to deal
C) snowed under
D) not helping
- 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) the tub and bubble wrap
C) bubble wrap and the mounds
D) soapy foam and the tub
- 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) about a million
B) under my brother's bed
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) a symphony of graceful moves
B) about a million twirls
C) as beautiful as a ballet
D) as smooth as ice
- 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 hyperbole
D) a simile
- 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) an idiom
B) a metaphor
C) a hyperbole
D) a simile
- 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 hyperbole
B) a simile
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) in plain sight
B) in a matter of seconds
C) while nobody was watching
D) within a few minutes
- 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 hyperbole
C) a simile
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) bathroom's tile floor
C) a slippery skating rink
D) out of the tub
- 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) form friendships
C) love
D) hug
- 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) about two hundred miles
B) almost an hour
C) several miles
D) quite a while
- 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 an avalanche
C) falling papers and a desk
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) mistaken
B) crazy
C) reasonable
D) unrealistic
- 16. Personification is when an object is given ______________.
Fill in the blank with the correct answer.
A) human-like qualities
B) exaggeration
C) a comparison
- 17. What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A) A simile and a metaphor compares two things.
B) A simile uses "like" or "as" and a metaphor does not use "like" or "as."
C) Similes and metaphors are both examples of figurative language.
- 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) Susie sewed seven shirts on Sunday.
C) Alicia ate the apples very quickly.
D) Ryan wrinkled the bed sheets.
- 20. It is raining cats and dogs outside.
Locate the idiom within the sentence to determine the meaning.
A) Cats and dogs are falling out of the sky.
B) It is raining rather hard outside.
C) Cats and dogs are playing in the rain.
D) It's raining on cats and dogs.
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