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A. cliche
B. personification
C. metaphor
D. hyperbole
2. His room was a junk pile. This sentence is
an example of a/an:
A. simile
B. personification
C. metaphor
D. alliteration
3. The baby's skin was like a rose petal. This
sentence is an example of a/an:
A. simile
B. personification
C. metaphor
D. oxymoron
4. The leaves danced in the wind. This
sentence is an example of a/an:
A. simile
B. metaphor
C. personification
D. hyperbole
5. I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse. This
sentence is an example of a/an:
A. simile
B. hyperbole
C. oxymoron
D. personification
6. She played beautifully on the baby grand.
This sentence is an example of a/an:
A. alliteration
B. hyperbole
C. personification
D. oxymoron
7. He was running around like a chicken with it’s
head cut off. This sentence is an example of a/an:
A. metaphor
B. oxymoron
C. hyperbole
D. idiom
8. Rain races, ripping and restless in it’s rage. This
sentence is an example of a/an:
A. alliteration
B. hyperbole
C. personification
D. oxymoron
9. The daffodils nodded their yellow heads at the
walkers. This sentence is an example of a/an:
A. alliteration
B. personification
C. hyperbole
D. oxymoron
10. Your answers are perfectly wrong. This
sentence is an example of a/an:
A. alliteration
B. hyperbole
C. personification
D. oxymoron
11. He had an ace up his sleeve. This
sentence is an example of a/an:
A. alliteration
B. hyperbole
C. Idiom
D. oxymoron
12. When the gates were opened, the mob surged
forward like a burst dam. This sentence is an
example of a/an:
A. simile
B. metaphor
C. personification
D. hyperbole
13. It’s a really dull day when we don’t go to
the mall . This sentence is an example of a/an:
A. alliteration
B. personification
C. hyperbole
D. oxymoron
14. I tried a thousand times to text her and get the
answers to the test.
This sentence is an example of a/an:
A. simile
B. oxymoron
C. personification
D. hyperbole
15. This cartoon is an example of a/an:
A. metaphor
B. simile
C. hyperbole
D. idiom
PART 2: IDENTIFICATION
1. ________– when words or actions
of a character do not have as
significant a meaning to the speaker
as they do to the audience or other
actors because they know something
he does not. (Ex: King Duncan in
Macbeth, as he nears Macbeth’s
castle after a long day’s travel refers
to it as a “pleasant seat”, but the
audience knows that Macbeth and
Lady Macbeth have been planning
Duncan’s murder in this castle that
night.)
2. _______ – the repetition of
consonants at the beginning of words.
Ex:
And round about the keel with faces
pale,
Dark faces pale against that rosy
flame,
The mild-eyed melancholy Lotus-
eaters came.
12. _______ – A type of metaphor in
which human qualities or attributes
are given to non-human things such
as animals, inanimate objects or
abstract ideas.