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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Only similes compare two unlike things.
Only metaphors use like or as in the comparison
Similes are literal statements
Similes use like or as, while metaphors do not
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which sound device is being used in this line?
Softly and slowly the snowflakes fell
Metaphor
Rhyme
Alliteration
Idiom
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which figurative device is being used in this line? The old tree stretched his long and gangly fingers towards the sky.
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Idiom
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which term fits this definition? A comparison between two unlike things with "like" or "as."
Metaphor
Idiom
Simile
Hyperbole
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which term fits the following definition? The act of giving human qualities, emotions, or body parts to an inanimate object.
Rhyme
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which term fits the following definition? A word that sounds like the thing it describes.
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Rhyme
Alliteration
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which term fits the following definition? The use of the same sound at the start of several consecutive or nearly consecutive words.
Alliteration
Simile
Hyperbole
Rhyme
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which figurative device is represented by the following sentence. Your life is an open book with many blank pages yet to be filled with experiences.
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Idiom
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which device is being used in the following sentence? The cat meowed at the chirping birds.
Simile
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which sound device is being used in the following sentence? Try as I might, the kite did not fly.
Alliteration
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Simile
- 11. Multiple Choice
What type of figurative device is the following line? His tears fell like raindrops in a storm.
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
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