Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net
Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
3. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.
Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
4. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
The baby was as snug as a bug in a rug.
Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
5. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
Crunch! 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.
Simile
Metaphor
Imagery
Irony
6. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
“But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.” -William Sharp
Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
Irony
7. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
This quiz is a piece of cake.
Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
8. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
Fog The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.
Allusion
Simile
Personifcation
Foreshadowing
9. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
I 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.
Imagery
Allusion
Personification
Irony
10. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
The water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers.