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Figurative Language Test 2
Reading Activity
Answer the Short Response Questions?
Yes No
Yes No
Figurative Language Test 2
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Exaggeration for effect
Pick the term that matches the above definition.
Alliteration
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
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Incorrect!
Comparison of two or more things using 'like' or 'as'
Pick the term that matches the above definition.
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Simile
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Incorrect!
Repeating the same starting sounds of words
Pick the term that matches the above definition.
Alliteration
Personification
Imagery
Simile
Hyperbole
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Incorrect!
Comparison of two or more things NOT using 'like' or 'as'
Pick the term that matches the above definition.
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Alliteration
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Incorrect!
When a words pronunciation imitates its sound
Pick the term that matches the above definition.
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Personification
Imagery
Alliteration
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Incorrect!
Giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea
Pick the term that matches the above definition.
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Alliteration
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Incorrect!
Writing that uses the five senses to create 'pictures'
Pick the term that matches the above definition.
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Hyperbole
Imagery
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Incorrect!
O, ride you fast, yet at the last,
Hate faster rides
Hate faster rides
Which technique is being used?
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopoeia
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Correct!
Incorrect!
A moment since, the office boy,
Invisible as night,
Rested on some dim-curtained shelf
Invisible as night,
Rested on some dim-curtained shelf
Which technique is being used?
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Alliteration
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Incorrect!
Would I might mend the tattered fabric of my youth...
Which technique is being used?
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Rhyme
Simile
Repetition
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Incorrect!
Three drowsy poppies brooded by the wall,
Lonely and tall.
Lonely and tall.
Which technique is being used?
Personfication
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Repetition
Simile
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Incorrect!
You need but lift a hand and sigh;
And all men's hearts must beat for you.
And all men's hearts must beat for you.
Which technique is being used?
Simile
Rhyme
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
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Incorrect!
The wind and the rain, the wind and the rain
Tinkle and drip, tinkle and drip-- branches drifting apart.
Tinkle and drip, tinkle and drip-- branches drifting apart.
Which technique is being used?
Simile
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Personification
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Incorrect!
The burning fire shakes in the night,
Silver candles gleam,
The trees are lost in dream
Silver candles gleam,
The trees are lost in dream
Which technique is being used?
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Repetition
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Incorrect!
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;
Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;
Which technique is being used?
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
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Correct!
Incorrect!
This is the hardest question that anyone has ever had to answer.
Which technique is being used?
Hyperbole
Personification
Rhyme
Metaphor
Simile
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Incorrect!
The green and greedy seas have drowned
That city's glittering walls and towers,
That city's glittering walls and towers,
Which technique is being used?
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Repetition
Personification
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Incorrect!
When they found him dead,
His hand was cold as lead.
His hand was cold as lead.
Which technique is being used?
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
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Incorrect!
Your eyes are a shadowy sea
In the starry darkness of night.
In the starry darkness of night.
Which technique is being used?
Personification
Hyperbole
Repetition
Metaphor
Simile
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Incorrect!
The water reflects the red reeds.
Which technique is being used?
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
Rhyme
Hyperbole
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Incorrect!
She looked across the empty street,
And saw Death softly watching her
In the sunshine pale and sweet.
And saw Death softly watching her
In the sunshine pale and sweet.
Which technique is being used?
Repetition
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
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Incorrect!
Which of these two poems has a stronger RHYTHM?
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'Stupidity'
'Simplicity'
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Incorrect!
Which of these poems use RHYME?
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'Stupidity'
'Simplicity'
Both of these poems
Neither of these poems
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Incorrect!
Which of these poems uses SIMILE?
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'Stupidity'
'Simplicity'
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Incorrect!
Which of these poems uses METAPHOR?
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'Stupidity'
'Simplicity'
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Incorrect!
Which of these poems uses PERSONIFICATION?
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'Stupidity'
'Simplicity'
Both of these poems
Neither of these poems
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Incorrect!
In which of the above poems does the speaker use a pleasant or joyful TONE?
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'Stupidity'
'Simplicity'
Both of these poems
Neither of these poems
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Incorrect!
In which of the above poems does the poet repeat a line?
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'Stupidity'
'Simplicity'
Both of these poems
Neither of these poems
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Incorrect!
In which poem does the speaker use SIMILE?
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'Approach of Winter'
'The Skaters'
Both of these poems
Neither of these poems
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Incorrect!
In which poem does the speaker use METAPHOR?
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'Approach of Winter'
'The Skaters'
Both of these poems
Neither of these poems
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Incorrect!
Which poems has a continuous RHYME SCHEME?
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'Approach of Winter'
'The Skaters'
Both of these poems
Neither of these poems
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Incorrect!
In which poem does the speaker use PERSONIFICATION?
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'Approach of Winter'
'The Skaters'
Both of these poems
Neither of these poems
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Incorrect!
Which poem uses ONOMATOPOEIA?
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'Approach of Winter'
'The Skaters'
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Incorrect!
Which of these poems use HYPERBOLE?
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'Approach of Winter'
'The Skaters'
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Incorrect!
How do these poems have similar SUBJECTS?
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They are both about having a lot of fun.
They are both related to winter.
They are both about birds.
They are both about exercising.
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Figurative Language Test 2
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