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- 1. Multiple ChoiceBrian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the netAllusionSimileMetaphorPersonification
- 2. Multiple ChoiceSnow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.AllusionSimileMetaphorPersonification
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe baby was as snug as a bug in a rug.AllusionSimileMetaphorPersonification
- 4. Multiple ChoiceIn the film and book Charlotte’s Web, Charlotte explains to Wilbur that all living things eventually die. Charlotte then has to spin a web to save Wilbur’s life. In the process of spinning her web, Charlotte expends all her energy and dies.Allusion & ImagerySimile & MetaphorForeshadowing & IronyPersonification & Mood
- 5. Multiple ChoiceYou break a date with your girlfriend so you can go to the ball game with the guys. When you go to the concession stand, you run into your girl, who is with another guy.PersonificationImageryForeshadowingIrony
- 6. Multiple ChoiceIn Lemony Snicket, most of the inhabitants of the island on which the Baudelaires find themselves in The End are characters from The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare.
AllusionSimileMetaphorImagery - 7. Multiple ChoiceCrunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe’s boots broke the forest’s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket.SimileMetaphorImageryIrony
- 8. Multiple Choice“But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.”
-William SharpAllusionSimileMetaphorIrony - 9. Multiple ChoiceA woman is going to break up with her boyfriend; meanwhile, he’s buying her a diamond ring and planning his marriage proposal.AllusionMetaphorPersonificationIrony
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAn emerald is as green as grass,
A ruby red as blood;
A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;
A flint lies in the mud.AllusionSimilePersonificationForeshadowing - 11. Multiple ChoiceThis quiz is a piece of cake.AllusionSimileMetaphorPersonification
- 12. Multiple ChoiceEarth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, sighing, through all her works, gave signs of woe.
- John MiltonSimileForeshadowingPersonificationAllusion - 13. Multiple ChoiceChristy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities.AllusionSimileImageryMetaphor
- 14. Multiple ChoiceFog
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.AllusionSimileMetaphorForeshadowing - 15. Multiple ChoiceWhile camping, a person is talking about how there are no bears in the area. Meanwhile, a bear is standing right behind him.AllusionImageryIronyPersonfication
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhen the woman kept changing the subject I knew she had something to hide. I wasn’t surprised when she turned out to be guilty.ForeshadowingPersonficationSimileMetaphor
- 17. Multiple Choice“Only the daisy trees were serene… they ignored the men and continued to rock the diamondbacks that slept in their arms. It took the river to persuade them that indeed the world was altered.”AllusionSimileIronyPersonification
- 18. Multiple ChoiceI smelled the warm, sweet, all-pervasive smell of silage, as well as the sour dirty laundry spilling over the basket in the hall. I could pick out the acrid smell of Claire’s drenched diaper, her sweaty feet, and her hair crusted with sand.ImageryAllusionPersonificationIrony
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers.AllusionPersonificationMetaphorIrony
- 20. Multiple ChoiceMy love is like a red, red rose.AllusionSimileMetaphorPersonification
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