Love That Dog- Book and Figurative Language Review

"The bright red, orange, and yellow flames shone brightly as the piercing howls that surrounded us" This is an example of:

• imagery

• repetition

• alliteration

• personification

"The slimy snake slithered sideways". This is an example of

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• rhyme

When two or more words have the same ending sounds they

• hyperbole

• personification

• rhyme

• simile

A group of lines arranged together in a poem is called a

• hyperbole

• simile

• poem

• stanza

Giving an inanimate (something not alive) human qualities is called

• imagery

• personification

• rhyme

• alliteration

In Jack's first poem he writes "so much depends upon a blue car splattered with mud speeding down the road. Why is the blue car so important to Jack?

• Jack like to watch blue cars speeding by

• The blue car hit and killed his dog, Sky

• Jack finally had something to write about

• Jack's parents owned a blue car that was always speeding

About how long does Jack write his journal to his teacher?

• About 2 months

• About 6 months

• About one full year

• About 10 months

What does Jack think about poetry at the beginning of the book?

• boys don't write poetry

• girls don't write poetry

• only boys write poetry

• Jack loved poetry

Identify the type of figurative language used in this line: "I said I love that boy like a rabbit likes to run"

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

What did Miss Stretchberry do to encourage Jack to continue writing his poetry?

• she made him read the poems to the class

• she makes him rewrite his poems until they are perfect

• she asks the other students their opinions about Jack's poems

• she types them up and displays them in the classroom