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A: his face was an open book
C: she was as pretty as a picture
B: thwack!
D: she sells sea shells by the sea shore
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Which of the following is an
example of simile?
C
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A: a reference to something else (like a movie or story)
C: a comparison not using “like” or “as”
B: the repetition of a consonant sound
D: a word that is spelled like it sounds
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What is the definition of “allusion”?
A
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A: Personification
C: Simile
B: A metaphor
D: Allusion
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“He was a lion of a man, fierce and always roaring,” is an
example of:
B
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A: A comparison using ‘like’
or ‘as’
C: a reference to something else
B: a phrase that contradicts itself, but somehow makes sense
D: when the reader knows the ultimate fate of the character, but the character doesn’t.
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An oxymoron is…
B
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A: A comparison of two unlike things.
C: A regional variety of language
B: Words that represent sounds.
D: The rhyme scheme.
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Dialect is…
C
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Milestone!Milestone!
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A: words that represent sounds
C: a reference to history or culture.
B: repeated consonants or sounds in a sentence
D: something that is not real.
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Alliteration is….
B
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A: metaphor
C: refrain
B: allusion
D: alliteration
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“ I have a dream that….
I have a dream that….
I have a dream that…
Is an example of….
C
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A: imagery
C: personification
B: metaphor
D: a symbol
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A wedding ring is an example of….
D
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A: alliteration
C: hyperbole
B: rhyme scheme
D: simile
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“If I told you once, I told you a million times…: is
an example of….
C
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A: a gross exaggeration
C: A comparison of two unlike things.
B: repeated words and sounds.
D: A comparison of two unlike things, using like or as.
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What is the definition of metaphor?
C
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Congratulations!
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Milestone!Milestone!
Congratulations!Congratulations!
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A: metaphor
C: hyperbole
B: personification
D: alliteration
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“The steeples swam in amethyst”
is an example of:
B
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A: simile
C: alliteration
B: refrain
D: hyperbole
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The poet’s use of “more than whole mines of gold” and “rivers cannot quench” to express how
much she loves her husband is an example of:
D
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A: her sister
C: her mother
B: her grandmother
D: herself
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is Maya Angelou’s autobiography.
About whom is she writing?
D
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A: A metaphor.
C: An idiom.
B: Personification.
D: Hyperbole.
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What is“It’s raining cats and dogs”an example of?
C
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A: ABBA
C: BABA
B: AAAA
D: ABAB
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Identify the rhyme scheme:
“When icicles hang by the wall
And Dick the shepherd blows his nail,
And Tom bears logs into the hall,
And milk comes frozen home in pail…”
D
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