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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which is an example of onomatopoeia?
the heartbeat of Cuba
Clack! Bang!
His legs were like lead
he was invisible
- 2. Multiple Choice
"The kitten's tummy purred like an outboard motor" is an example of a...
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
idiom
- 3. Multiple Choice
He "stopped dead in his tracks" is an example of...
idiom
simile
personification
hyperbole
- 4. Multiple Choice
"Waleed sat like a zombie in front of the television" is an example of...
personification
idiom
metaphor
simile
- 5. Multiple Choice
"Isabel felt as if her heart had been ripped out of her chest" is an example of ...
hyperbole
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
- 6. Multiple Choice
The following are all similes EXCEPT...
He was covered with a fine gray powder from head to foot, like he's taken a bath in dry concrete mix.
...the whole building came crashing down into the street, thundering like a jet fighter.
The air was full of dust, and it scratched and tore at his throat as it went down.
An irregular rhythm that lay over the top of the regular beat, like a heartbeat beneath the skin.
- 7. Multiple Choice
"But the hatred had followed them even here, to the middle of the ocean" is an example of...
personification
idiom
alliteration
onomatopeia
- 8. Multiple Choice
"The old taxi's exhaust pipe made a sound like a gunshot- POK!" This is both...
personification and idiom
onomatopeia and hyperbole
idiom and metaphor
simile and onomatopeia
- 9. Multiple Choice
Aleppo...a crown jewel of the Middle East
metaphor
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
- 10. Multiple Choice
"Josef’s heart was in his throat"
simile
Idiom
metaphor
personification
- 11. Multiple Choice
"stood like a statue" is an example of _____
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
- 12. Multiple Choice
"The words struck Josef like slaps to the face" is an example of _________________
simile
metaphor
personification
idiom
- 13. Multiple Choice
"Joseph wasn't able to put his family back together again" is an example of ____________
an idiom because Josef can't actually put a family back together
a simile, comparing his family to a broken jar
a metaphor, comparing his family to a puzzle that is in many pieces
a hyperbole because his family is still together, but the author is exaggerating
- 14. Multiple Choice
"They were three lonely islands separated by an ocean of misery" is an example of a _________.
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
- 15. Multiple Choice
What figurative language is used in the following sentence?
"The air seemed to crackle around them like static from a radio."
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?
The girl could smell the fresh lavender as she glided through the beautiful garden of delicate flowers.ImageryIdiomHyperboleOnomatopoeia - 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich is an example of a simile?His room was a hurricane of a mess.His room looked as if a hurricane came through.A hurricane! AHHH!The hurricane screamed through the town.
- 18. Multiple Choice
“She finally had a signal, and got Google Maps to open on her iPhone” (Gratz 67).
Personification
Simile
Allusion
Alliteration
- 19. Multiple Choice
"...the heat of the road radiated off him and his rifle like a stove..."(Gratz 69).
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
- 20. Multiple Choice
"Josef's skin crawled" (Gratz 96).
Alliteration
Allusion
Simile
Personification
- 21. Multiple Choice
“He felt like he was visiting an alien world” (Gratz 96).
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Onomatopoeia
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhy do people use figurative language?To make writing more interesting and to create images in the reader's head.To use fancy big words.To make their writing longer.To create a universal truth or deeper message.
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