Figurative Language Diagnostic

"Every night the stars...melted away as the sun mounted. " is an example of which literary device?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

Choose the idiom below that essentially has the same meaning as, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree"?

• He is a chip off the old block.

• She cannot see the forest for the trees.

• It takes one to know one.

• You reap what you sow.

"[She] stood by the window as the stars began to poke holes in the deep, blue velvet sky." is an example of a(n)...

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

"Clouds and mist poured into the valley, rinsing the sky of color."

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

"...With the tree leaves waving farewell, the family made their way up the mountain."

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

"Screaming across the indigo sky, the comet frightened the villagers."

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

"[Looking for footprints] was like searching for a wrinkle in a flower petal." is an example of what device?

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

"He spent a pretty penny for his new clothes." is an example of what device?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Idiom

"The car screeched and crashed into a local business" is an example of...

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

The device, "As Megan walked towards a lamppost in the snowy park, she fancied herself as Lucy, eager to talk to Mr. Tumnus." is an example of...

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Alliteration